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WALTER LEE REDDING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 30, 1949 – August 11, 1970
Service recordWalter Lee Redding, of Lake Wales, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 103
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Wales, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 103
- LUCIEN JOSEPH MIGLIORESergeant · August 11, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES PIERCELance Corporal · August 11, 1970
- MARCOS PIZARRO-COLONCorporal · August 11, 1970
- THOMAS LAMAR PORTERSpecialist Four · August 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK JOSEPH TOSCHIKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 104
From Lake Wales
- SEEBER J KELLYPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE PETERSONPetty Officer Second Class · May 26, 1968
- RUDY AVON CARNLEYSpecialist Four · May 29, 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.