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WALTER SPERRING STRAHAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – April 10, 1969
Service recordWalter Sperring Strahan, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 53
- RONALD JOSEPH TOWARDPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- EUGENE CONSTANTINO ZAMORAPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- JOHNNIE LEE ANDERSONLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
- EMMONS EDWARD FUNK JRSergeant · April 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN LEE MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 51
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.