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WALTER JAMES HAMPTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – March 12, 1970
Service recordWalter James Hampton, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 117
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 117
- ANTHONY MARTIN M BLASSpecialist Five · March 12, 1970
- ALBERT JAMES FARRELL JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1970
- JOSE OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1970
- DANIEL NEIL HEATERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LESTER VINCENT CAFIERO JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 115
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 115
- AARON LEE DARRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 116
- JOSE OSCAR GARCIAStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 117
- EDWARD WAYNE HOLMESStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 118
- OLIN JENNES LEONARDCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 118
- RONNY DEAN SHATTUCKSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 120
- VENEY EWELL THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 121
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.