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WALTER REAVES TATE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1945 – July 20, 1966
Service recordWalter Reaves Tate JR, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 50
- DANNY LEWIS RUTHERFORDCorporal · July 20, 1966
- CHARLES WENDLE SMITHPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENT ANDREW SMITHSergeant · July 20, 1966
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · July 20, 1966
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 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.