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WILLIAM PORTER WALTERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1951 – June 29, 1971
Service recordWilliam Porter Walters, of Nitro, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 17, 1951
- Home of record
- Nitro, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 93
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 1971
- MASON ALAN KEITHPrivate First Class · June 29, 1971
- MICHAEL WILLIAM NICOLSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- HARRY THOMAS WALTON JRCorporal · June 29, 1971
From Nitro
- JAMES LAWRENCE TAYLORSergeant · March 10, 1966
- JAMES CRAIG WEARSPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RANDOLPH MONROE HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
- EARL B ESTEP JRTechnical Sergeant · October 2, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- STEPHEN ALAN MOOREStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1971
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.