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WALTER L WONNACOTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1944 – December 28, 1966
Service recordWalter L Wonnacott, of Downey, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Downey, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 94
- JAMES LARRY SIMSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD STOUTMaster Sergeant · December 28, 1966
- MICHAEL VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE BARBERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 88
- OTTO WILLIAM BAUMANN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 89
- ERIC ARTHUR BRANNFORSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 89
- LAMONT WILKERSON FINCHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 90
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 90
- RONALD GIROUXPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 90
- DANIEL A HENNESSYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 91
- DOUGLAS DUANE HOUGCorporal · Panel 13E, Line 91
- RICHARD CHESTER JACOBSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 92
- ERINEO MENDEZ MENDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- CARL SINATRA MERCERSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 92
- JOSEPH M MOOREFirst Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 92
- JAMES WILLIAM PAWLAKPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 93
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 94
From Downey
- ROBERT RONALD BOHLERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- FRED ALBERT TRYON JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- CLIFFORD LEROY WHIPPLELance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JON LAIRD MESSERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL CHEROFFSpecialist Four · May 8, 1967
- DURAND GARFIELD LIGGETTPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WAYNE CLARK HARMONCorporal · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES RUSSELL LAUERCorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- PABLO DURANPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
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.