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WALTER LOUIS WELLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1943 – September 22, 1966
Service recordWalter Louis Wells, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 1
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 1
- JOHN DAVID WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 22, 1966
- GEORGE WYCINSKY JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- GERALD WILLIAM BRASCHESergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAYMOND E FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · September 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD PAUL BARTLESpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 131
- HUGH CONRAD CLAUSENSpecialist Five · Panel 10E, Line 131
- JOSEPH NICHOLAS DAVIPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 131
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 132
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 133
- GEORGE WYCINSKY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 1
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- LARRY NELSONSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- EMILE COLEStaff Sergeant · January 14, 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.