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WALTER SUHAR
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 27, 1924 – November 26, 1966
Service recordWalter Suhar, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 26, 1966, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 124
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 27, 1924
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1966
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1966; 24 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 124
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- WILLIAM AFFLEY LYNCH JRLieutenant Colonel · November 26, 1966
- JOE H TRICKEY JRCaptain · November 26, 1966
- RICHARD ERNEST WELCHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELDPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
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.