Donovan Keith Walters

Vietnam War
Unit325th Bomber Squadron
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromLebanon Nebraska
Date of DeathDecember 21 1972
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Captain Walters was a member of 325th Bomber Squadron stationed on Guam. On December 21, 1972, he was the co-pilot of a Boeing Stratofortress Bomber (B-52G) on a bombing mission over North Vietnam. The bomber was hit by a surface to air missile. His remains were recovered on December 15, 1988 and identified on April 18, 1989. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.