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WALTER ROBERT STACY
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 14, 1946 – May 15, 1969
Service recordWalter Robert Stacy, of Salamanca, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 22
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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Salamanca, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 22
- EDDIE WENDELL SNIPESPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM STINDLPetty Officer Third Class · May 15, 1969
- JERRY DENVER THOMASSpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- AMADO ACOSTA VALENCIASpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL IRVING RODERIGUESSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 20
From Salamanca
- VICTOR ALLEN MOHRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- KEITH KOY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- ARNOLD LEE ROBBINSSergeant First Class · May 15, 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.