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Last name: WALTERS
First name: DONALD EDWARD JR
Home of Record (official): DES PLAINES
State (official): IL
Date of Birth: Wednesday, December 31, 1947
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
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Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 16891754
Component: Regular
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E2
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11E10
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
D Company 1st Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Thursday, March 30, 1967
Date of Casualty: Monday, May 22, 1967
Age at time of loss: 19
Casualty type: (A2) Hostile, died of wounds
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Pleiku
The Wall: Panel 20E - Row 088
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Interment ---
Ridgewood Cemetery
9900 Milwaukee Avenue
Des Plaines, IL 60016
(847) 824-4145