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WALTER SCOTT HAMNER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 26, 1934 – February 23, 1969
Service recordWalter Scott Hamner, of Shreveport, Louisiana, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 2
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 26, 1934
- Home of record
- Shreveport, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 2
- EDWARD LOUIS GRIGGS IIIPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE GWALTNEYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- DONALD WILLIAM HALLOWSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- LEE ALBERT KEITHCorporal · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 91
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 96
- KENNETH ROBERT JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 6
- FREDDIE RAY GUINNCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- ANDREW JOHN KIEFHABERCorporal · Panel 31W, Line 7
- RICHARD STRODE MARKSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 9
- PAUL WILLIAM MOTLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 11
- GENE LEO SALZERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 20
From Shreveport
- DONALD FREDERICK DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- ROBERT LEE WOMACKStaff Sergeant · October 11, 1965
- WILLIAM WESLEY BROWNLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- BILLY MARCUS EDWARDSSergeant · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS C GARRETT IIIPrivate · May 22, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOFFETTStaff Sergeant · May 27, 1966
- DAVID WILLIS TERRELLCorporal · July 4, 1966
- DALTON EARL JACKSONLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- ALLAN EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 17, 1966
- RAMON ALLEN COPPLELieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 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.