Rank: Corporal
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11P
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Valor Device, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Presidential Unit Citation, Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 15-Aug-1947
Hometown: Eau Gallie, Florida
Marital status: Married to Joyce G. Walters
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 14-Jun-1965
Start of tour: 14-Oct-1967
Incident date: 13-May-1968
Date of casualty: 13-May-1968
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Frederick F. Walters died from wound received when engaged hostile force in firefight while on combat operation.
Five Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
SSG Ollis Brewster
SGT Ralph Raymond Collins Jr
SGT Douglas George Factora
SGT Bobby James
CPL Frederick F. Walters
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Florida Memorial Gardens, Rockledge, Florida, USA
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BRONZE STAR MEDAL
WITH VALOR DEVICE
POSTHUMOUS
CORPORAL FREDERICK F WALTERS
22 MAY 1967
C TROOP, 1st SQUADRON
11TH ARMORED CAVALRY REGIMENT
Corporal Walters distinguished himself by valorous actions on 13 May 1968, while serving as a Machine Gunner with Troop C, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, on a combat mission near Cu Chi, Vietnam. When his vehicle commander was killed during the assault, Corporal Walters immediately took control of the vehicle and assumed a fully exposed position in order to direct it against the enemy positions. He professionally directed the fire of his men and placed accurate M-79 fire against the insurgents. During the fierce battle with the numerically superior Viet Cong force, Corporal Walters was suddenly hit and mortally wounded by enemy small arms fire. Corporal Walters’ personal bravery and devotion to duty was in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the United States Army.
Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division General Orders No. 4930 (22 June 1968)