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WALTER JAMES ACKWOOD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – October 28, 1966
Service recordWalter James Ackwood, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 120
- ORLANDO SILAS ROACHSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- HOWARD CLINTON ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- GARY GRANT RUSHINGPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN BOSKO JRSpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LYNN MADDYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 123
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.