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WALTER SAMUEL HATHAWAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1948 – May 4, 1969
Service recordWalter Samuel Hathaway, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 111
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 111
- DENNIS RUSSEL GUSTAFSONCorporal · May 4, 1969
- GREGORY ALLEN HEINRICHPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- BOBBY RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- PEDRO MIGUEL MAESPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
From New Smyrna Beach
- JOHN CHESTER ROBERTSONCorporal · March 22, 1966
- BILLY MAX CRAWFORDMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1966
- RUSSELL ALAN LEFFLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- KENNETH BRYAN MORRISSergeant · April 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEUERLINGSergeant · July 10, 1967
- FREDERICK OLEN JONESSergeant First Class · October 2, 1971
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · November 15, 1971
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.