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WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER III
Captain · U.S. Army
December 5, 1943 – June 24, 1968
Service recordWalter Alvin Souther III, of Lafayette, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 31
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Lafayette, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 31
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- PRESTON ROOSEVELT SCOTTLance Corporal · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD PETER STASIOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DONALD BUDAHAZY IISpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 26
- JERALD LOUIS JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 28
From Lafayette
- GEORGE PARKER MCKNIGHTCaptain · December 11, 1965
- ROY JAMES RICHARDPrivate · May 29, 1966
- CARROLL JAMES HEBERTPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- PATRICK RONALD MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 14, 1967
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- KENNETH JOHN STUTESLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- ARTHUR J DELA HOUSSAYE JRCaptain · January 31, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
- HUBERT SINEGAL JRPrivate First Class · January 5, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
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.