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WALTER HODGKINGSON NAYAR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
August 10, 1944 – February 26, 1971
Service recordWalter Hodgkingson Nayar, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 7
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Storekeeper (SK)
- Born
- August 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 7
- LARRY GENE HARRISONStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1971
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LANGNEHSSergeant · February 26, 1971
- JOHN MARTIN SOUTHERWarrant Officer 1 · February 26, 1971
- JON EDWARD SWANSONCaptain · February 26, 1971
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.