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WALTER JACK SOUTAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1945 – January 30, 1968
Service recordWalter Jack Soutar, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
99 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
He died in Khanh 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 35E, Line 81
- STEVEN ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- KENNETH ALFRED SPILKERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE STALEY JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- GEORGE DENNIS STIEHLERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 69
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.