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WALTER JOHN ALYEA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1946 – August 2, 1968
Service recordWalter John Alyea, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 47
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 47
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBRECHTPetty Officer First Class · August 2, 1968
- JAMES WARREN ARVIDSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 2, 1968
- RAFIEL AVILACorporal · August 2, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MCGLEWLance Corporal · August 2, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.