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TROY LEE WATERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 9, 1936 – May 22, 1965
Service recordTroy Lee Waters, of Limedale, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 123
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Limedale, Arkansas (Independence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 123
- MURREL D THOMASStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1965
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- EDWARD KENNEYSergeant First Class · May 23, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL WILLIAM CONDONCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 121
- BERNARD JAMES KELLEYSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 122
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.