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WALDEMAR D SHOWALTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1929 – June 29, 1966
Service recordWaldemar D Showalter, of Salida, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 109
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 6, 1929
- Home of record
- Salida, Colorado (Chaffee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 109
- TOMMY ROY JONESPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- ALBERT RAYMOND POTTERSergeant · June 29, 1966
- LESLIE R SMITHPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- MOSE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
From Salida
- ALBERTO A LUCEROSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- JIMMY JOE TESSADRIPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
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.