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WALTER TARVER BRYANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1946 – March 21, 1969
Service recordWalter Tarver Bryant, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 96
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 96
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- RONALD BRETT CASSELLLance Corporal · March 21, 1969
- JUAN PASCUAL R CASTROStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LORANCE DENTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 97
- JOHNNY LAWRENCE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 99
- MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 2
- RONNIE RUDOLPH WHITECorporal · Panel 28W, Line 6
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 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.