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WALTER HERMAN HUCKS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1933 – February 24, 1968
Service recordWalter Herman Hucks, of Rochester, New York, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Practical Nurse (91C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1933
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 9
- BRUCE JAMES DENTSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- JAMES GORMLEYSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- FRANK JESSE WOLFECorporal · February 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LUIS ANGEL COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 7
- JAMES GORMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 9
- ALFRED SATURN NAJAR JRCorporal · Panel 41E, Line 12
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.