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WALTER JOSEPH DART JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 21, 1947 – June 7, 1969
Service recordWalter Joseph Dart JR, of Kingston, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 7, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 98
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Kingston, New York (Ulster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 98
- WILLIAM CARL COSTAPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- FREDERIC HUTCHISON DAVISSergeant · June 7, 1969
- LARRY CHARLES DAVISONLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
From Kingston
- CHARLES WILLIAM JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- CHESTER JOSEPH JOYCorporal · May 16, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM TUBBYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL SANTOROSKIPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- JOSEPH LEROY LONGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ROBERT CHARLES PEDAFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1968
- PETER MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH SENORPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- STEPHEN ANDREW SHERLOCKPrivate First Class · April 2, 1969
- JAMES RUNDLE JRCorporal · June 7, 1969
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.