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WALTER CURTIS BLACK JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – December 30, 1968
Service recordWalter Curtis Black JR, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 7
- WILLIAM SYLVESTER DEBOERFirst Lieutenant · December 29, 1968
- HENRY JAMES WILLIAM TEWSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 29, 1968
- FARL DUANE WAGNERSergeant · December 29, 1968
- GEORGE LEROY BAILEYSpecialist Five · December 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT BOYLESergeant · Panel 35W, Line 8
From Broken Arrow
- JAMES WILLIAM PENDERGRASSCorporal · February 21, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT GAINERCorporal · July 28, 1969
- PAUL DAVID LUCASLance Corporal · September 18, 1969
- GARY KEITH BARNETTSpecialist Four · November 5, 1969
- KENNETH DEAN RANKINPetty Officer Third Class · November 16, 1969
- EDGAR RUSSELL PULLIAM JRCorporal · January 11, 1970
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.