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WALTER RICHARD SPEARE III
Captain · U.S. Army
November 15, 1941 – November 11, 1966
Service recordWalter Richard Speare III, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 54
- GROVER LEE DICKSONCorporal · November 11, 1966
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- PAUL J HESS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDMOND DAVID SCHOENIGSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 56
- DEE WAYNE STONE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 57
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- FREDERICK DUNHAM GRATENCorporal · April 11, 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.