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WALTER ROBERT CAPPS
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 5, 1948 – August 2, 1971
Service recordWalter Robert Capps, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 2, 1971, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 121
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1971. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 121
- JOHN LEONARD ROBERTSSergeant · August 1, 1971
- JOHNNY WAYNE FREESpecialist Five · August 2, 1971
- ROBERT MIRANDAPrivate · August 2, 1971
- THOMAS EVANS REIMILLERSpecialist Four · August 2, 1971
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.