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WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTER
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 14, 1928 – April 22, 1965
Service recordWilliam Walte McAllister, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 22, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 106
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 14, 1928
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1965
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1965; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1965, 61 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 106
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- JAMES PATRICK SHEALieutenant (junior grade) · April 20, 1965
- SAYWARD NEWTON HALL JRMajor · April 21, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
From Hawthorne
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
- DAYNE YORK SCOTTPetty Officer Second Class · October 17, 1968
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.