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WALTER LEON POINTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1950 – September 10, 1970
Service recordWalter Leon Pointer, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Sand Springs, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 53
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1970
- JOSEPH EARL JACKSONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- GEORGE LEONARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 10, 1970
- CHARLES MICHAEL REEDSergeant · September 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH JOSEPH GIORDANOSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 52
- DONALD RAYMOND HUEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 53
From Sand Springs
- BILLIE ALLEN HALLStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1966
- DAVID RICHARD STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN GAINESSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · December 3, 1968
- LARRY LEE BROWNSergeant · April 8, 1970
- RANDALL SCOTT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- JIMMY LEON GOODELLLance Corporal · June 10, 1970
- CHESTER ROY REESE JRSpecialist Five · September 5, 1970
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.