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WALTER BRUCE FOOTE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – March 6, 1970
Service recordWalter Bruce Foote, of Safford, Arizona, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 88
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Safford, Arizona (Graham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 88
- BERT ABNER HAMILTON JRSeaman · March 6, 1970
- IRVING GEON PARKSergeant · March 6, 1970
- JAMES DAVID PRESSONSpecialist Four · March 6, 1970
- GEORGE EDMUND RAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · March 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WARREN FINZELMaster Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 87
- GEORGE EDMUND RAILEYChief Warrant Officer 4 · Panel 13W, Line 88
- WILLIE DOUGLAS STEPHENSMaster Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 89
From Safford
- JAMES CALVEN THOMASStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS DUNAGANPrivate · September 1, 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.