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WALTER LEE NUTT III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 19, 1946 – April 28, 1969
Service recordWalter Lee Nutt III, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1969, in Kien Phong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 72
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Phong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Phong Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 72
- MURRAY JUNIOR JACKSONPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- BERT MCCREE JENKINSWarrant Officer 1 · April 28, 1969
- HERBERT LEE MALONESergeant · April 28, 1969
- ROY EUGENE PARKERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNY LYNN ASHERPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 68
- MELVIN GRAYSON EHRHARTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 70
- ROGER LEE WARDSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 74
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.