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WALTER RAY WINTERS
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
July 11, 1938 – October 3, 1970
Service recordWalter Ray Winters, of Boca Raton, Florida, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 3, 1970, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 110
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- July 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Boca Raton, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 110
- STEVEN ERNEST LUCASSpecialist Four · October 3, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN SAMPSONSpecialist Four · October 3, 1970
- OLEN LEE UPSHAWStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1970
- GARY PETER FORMICASpecialist Four · October 4, 1970
From Boca Raton
- RALPH PARKER HAYDENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- JERRY RONALD WHITMANLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- KIMBALL HAYES SHELDONSpecialist Four · March 31, 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.