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WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1944 – May 21, 1966
Service recordWalter Anthony Thackerson JR, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 99
- MARVIN LOUIS DOOLEYSergeant · May 19, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- A V SPIKESSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- JOEL TAMAYOPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- WADE TASTEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 92
- THEODORE JACKSON BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 93
- MICHAEL LEE KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 96
From Talladega
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 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.