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WALTER WILLIAM PHELPS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 9, 1938 – May 21, 1966
Service recordWalter William Phelps, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1938
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 98
- MARVIN KENNY PENLANDPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DANIEL GIBSON POSTSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DON JUNE RICHARDSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHESTER SCHAPANICKPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 96
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.