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WALTER R BOETTCHER JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 11, 1944 – December 6, 1967
Service recordWalter R Boettcher JR, of Concord, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 43
- ROBERT JOSEPH BAWALCorporal · December 6, 1967
- FRANK BRACKETTCorporal · December 6, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRANK BRACKETTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 43
- DAVID THOMAS DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 45
- VINCENT VANALSTYNE HAUSERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 47
- LEWIS E MCDERMOTTMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 56
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
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.