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WALTER THOMAS KAY JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 25, 1921 – October 29, 1967
Service recordWalter Thomas Kay JR, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 29, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 97
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
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 25, 1921
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 97
- LAWRENCE LANOSpecialist Five · October 29, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS LAUERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- JAMES ROLAND PLAKELance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- RALPH WILLIAM PLUMMER IIISpecialist Four · October 29, 1967
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- DOUGLAS BERNARD FOURNETFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
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.