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WALTER WARD BECKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1950 – June 18, 1969
Service recordWalter Ward Becker, of Beaumont, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Beaumont, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 71
- FRED EDWARD TRAYLORCorporal · June 17, 1969
- MARVIN LEROI WATSONPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- SAMUEL MARLAR WHITE JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM WITTYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ENRIQUE THOMAS ENRICOSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 76
- HOLLIS GREGORY MILLERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 79
- ROBERT LOUIS MINGLESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 80
- DARYL JAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 82
- EDWIN FRANCIS TURK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 82
From Beaumont
- JAMES LOUIS ALLENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · February 6, 1966
- WARREN SHELBY MCELHANONPrivate First Class · March 9, 1966
- JOHN HENRY EAGLINSergeant · April 11, 1966
- DENNIS LEE REEVESSergeant · April 14, 1966
- FREDERIC WILLIAM FRITTSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BRENT IKE GRIGGSPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- CLAUDE BENJAMIN RUSH JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE WILKERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.