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WILLIAM FRANCIS WALTERS
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 1, 1946 – June 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam Francis Walters, of Anchorage, Alaska, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1970, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 49
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Anchorage, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 49
- RICHARD WAYNE KUYKENDALLSergeant · June 12, 1970
- LESLIE MILES TATARSKIWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1970
- JOHN STEPHENSON WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 12, 1970
- HENRY EUGENE COPLEY JRCorporal · June 13, 1970
From Anchorage
- GARY EDWIN BULLOCKSpecialist Four · January 31, 1967
- FLOYD WHITLEY RICHARDSONColonel · January 6, 1967
- DAVID SHELTON PRENTICEGunnery Sergeant · July 29, 1967
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DUNCANWarrant Officer 1 · January 31, 1968
- JOE WAYNE VANDERPOOLPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- DALE ANTHONY GRIFFINLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS PIASKOWSKISpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTT IIIFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1968
- THOMAS M BARRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1969
- WILLIAM EARL HIBPSHMANSpecialist Five · June 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.