Tim Leroy Walters

Vietnam War
UnitHeadquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromSouth Bend Indiana
Date of DeathMarch 9 1969
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Staff Sergeant Walters was a member of Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. On March 9, 1969, he was the observer in a Cessna Skymaster Observation Aircraft (O-2A) on a combat support mission about 5 miles into Laos west of the Demilitarized Zone, when it was shot down. His remains were recovered on February 16, 1999 and identified on November 30, 1999. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
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