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WARD GUNARD WALTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1917 – November 29, 1967
Service recordWard Gunard Walter, of Minot, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 720 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1917
- Home of record
- Minot, North Dakota (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 8
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- ELEANOR GRACE ALEXANDERCaptain · November 30, 1967
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS LESLIE SNIDER BALLLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
From Minot
- ALLAN JAMES KOROMLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- LEON LEROY LOCHTHOWEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BORGMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · February 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY VOLKLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MORRIS JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- BRUCE LLOYD WOLDSergeant · April 21, 1970
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.