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WALTER STUCKEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 3, 1947 – November 28, 1968
Service recordWalter Stuckey, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 2
- JOHN HAROLD ROACHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- FERDINAND STROYESpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · November 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY JOHN LACOSSEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 81
- RICHARD CHARLES DEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 82
- DONALD JOSEPH DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 82
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 2
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.