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THOMAS GAVIN WALSTER
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
February 7, 1941 – April 9, 1966
Service recordThomas Gavin Walster, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 9, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- February 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 94
- GEORGE LEROY SAMUELSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- CHARLES MILLS SHELDONCaptain · April 8, 1966
- EDWARD HUGH TIMMONSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- JEFFERSON DAVIS HALLSergeant · April 9, 1966
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- LOGAN DALE YOUNGSpecialist Four · April 10, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.