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WALTER LARRY FERRELL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – January 27, 1969
Service recordWalter Larry Ferrell, of Vashon, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 92
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Vashon, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 92
- NATHAN EUGENE CROUCHSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- AUBREY GUY DAVISCorporal · January 27, 1969
- CAMERON JOSEPH DEVINEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH GNIADEKCorporal · January 27, 1969
From Vashon
- J ATHAN THEODORESergeant · March 13, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE MACEPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.