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WAYDELL GETTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1946 – August 22, 1968
Service recordWaydell Getter, of Lufkin, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Lufkin, Texas (Angelina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 47W, Line 27
- DAVID NORMAN EMBREYSergeant · August 22, 1968
- DAVID LYNN FERRYSpecialist Five · August 22, 1968
- ROBERTO LAY GABANASpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- ALBERT HUGH GIDDINGSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ROBERT BALESSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 25
- JAMES BLAIN CARLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 26
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PETER JOSEPH MEARS JRCorporal · Panel 47W, Line 29
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 47W, Line 33
From Lufkin
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · November 12, 1965
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · September 29, 1967
- CLENZELL MORRISPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- EDDIE CLAYTON HARRISPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- WESLEY EUGENE HODGESCorporal · February 23, 1968
- BENNIE JOE SISSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHN CLARK HURSTCaptain · July 13, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE RICKSSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
- OTTIS EDWARD STRINGERLance Corporal · July 12, 1969
- CHARLES QUINTEN POLKPrivate First Class · November 25, 1969
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.