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WILLIAM E WALTERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 23, 1938 – May 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam E Walters, of San Diego, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1938
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 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 77
- RANDY GENE TOTTENCorporal · May 17, 1966
- DALE E UMBENHAUERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WALKERSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 66
- RICHARD WILLIAM BULLOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- WALTER L BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 69
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- FELIX ESPARZA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ALLEN MORGAN GARRETTPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 71
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 71
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 71
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 78
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.