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WALTER THAXTON PANNELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 6, 1948 – February 6, 1968
Service recordWalter Thaxton Pannell, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 66
- LOREN LEE PAMPELPrivate · February 6, 1968
- JOHN JAMES PETRILLOSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
- KARL WALTER POSTSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 47
- ROBERT EARL BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 47
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · Panel 37E, Line 49
- RONALD WILLIAM BRYANTCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 50
- WILLIS GLEN CARDINCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 52
- PAUL HAROLD CLINESergeant · Panel 37E, Line 52
- JOHN H EDWARDS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 54
- WILLIE GARCIA JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 56
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 58
- EDWARD JOHN KOWSKI JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 60
- CONRAD E ROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 67
- WILLIAM A SAWYERSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 68
- PAUL DAVID SHAMP JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 69
- TENNYSON AARON THOMASCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 71
- MICHAEL WARREN WEBSTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 75
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 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.