Walter Elmer Handy
1941 - 1968 (26 years)
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Name Walter Elmer Handy [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 27 Sep 1941 Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA 
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Census 1950 Vian, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, USA [4] Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married Military Award Bronze Star and Purple Heart [3] 
Medal-Bronze Star 
Medal-Purple Heart _MILT 1968 Vietnam [1] US Army - Vietnam: PFC; 585 Engineer Company Insignia-US Army 585 Engineer Company Obituary Mar 1968 Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA [5] Walter E Handy Killed in Action • Casper Star-Tribune • Casper, Wyoming • 22 Mar 1968, Fri • Page 1 Killed in Action -HANDY Walter Death 13 Mar 1968 Pleiku, Vietnam [1, 2, 3, 5] Cause: Killed in Action - Vietnam War - Died in the American Army
Burial Highland Cemetery, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA [3] - Walter Handy "Wyoming PFC 585 Engineer Co Vietnam - BSM PH"
Cemetery-Highland (Casper WY) Grave-HANDY Walter Person ID I26957 A Tree Called Smith Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Father Roy Elmer Handy, b. 16 May 1911, Oregon County, Missouri, USA d. 20 Jan 1987, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA (Age 75 years) Relationship natural Mother Muriel Lee Votaw, b. 5 Dec 1918, Farris, Atoka, Oklahoma, USA d. 26 Jun 2010, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA (Age 91 years) Relationship natural Marriage 16 Nov 1940 Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, USA Family ID F9501 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Myrnalu Walport Robinson, b. 23 Aug 1937, Glenrock, Converse, Wyoming, USA d. 21 Oct 1966, Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA (Age 29 years) Marriage 18 Sep 1957 Denver, Colorado, USA Family ID F11577 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
Family 2 Sharon Shain Day Family ID F13721 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Mar 2023
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Birth - 27 Sep 1941 - Shawnee, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, USA 
Census - Relation to Head: Son; Marital Status: Never Married - 1950 - Vian, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, USA 
Marriage - 18 Sep 1957 - Denver, Colorado, USA 
Obituary - Walter E Handy Killed in Action • Casper Star-Tribune • Casper, Wyoming • 22 Mar 1968, Fri • Page 1 - Mar 1968 - Casper, Natrona, Wyoming, USA = Link to Google Earth
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News Killed in Action -HANDY Walter
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Sources - [S2915] Ancestry.com, U.S., Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
- [S1437] Ancestry.com, U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;).
- [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Walter Elmer Handy "Wyoming PFC 585 Engineer Co Vietnam - BSM PH".
Birth 27 Sep 1941
Death 13 Mar 1968 (aged 26)
Burial Highland Cemetery, Casper, Natrona County, Wyoming, USA
Plot Block 111, Lot 3, Grave 4
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/132478393/walter-elmer-handy - [S1] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Vian, Sequoyah, Okla.
1950 United States Federal Census - [S3401] Killed in Action: Walter Handy - Casper star-Tribune - 22 Mar 1968, (Name: Casper Star-Tribune; Location: Casper WY; Date: 22 Mar 1968;), CASPER SOLDIER KILLED IN VIET.
Pfc. Walter Elmer Handy, 26, of Casper, who was reported missing in action in Vietnam, has now been listed as killed, according to the Defense Department.
Handy was a member of the 585th Engineer Battalion of the 937th Engineer Group, and was killed as a result of hostile fire. He was born Sept 27, 1941, in Seminole OK, and lived for a few years in Shawnee OK. He came to Casper while still a small child and attended schools here. After leaving school he was truck driver for Rlngsby Truck Lines. He married Sharon Day of Casper on Dec 9, 1967.
Survivors Include his wife; three daughters, Melinda, Marlynne, and Kandra; a son, Walter E Jr; his parents, Mr and Mrs Roy B Handy of Casper; brother, John Belcher of Casper; two sisters, Mrs LaKae Hansen, and Kalynn Handy of Casper; maternal grandparents, Mr and Mrs W L Votaw of Shawnee OK. The body is being returned to Casper for services. Bustard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
• Casper Star-Tribune • Casper, Wyoming • 22 Mar 1968, Fri • Page 1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/348054323/?article=e7f2d372-fe21-449a-b506-96e05df304a4&focus=0.38024178,0.594252,0.49565995,0.9772253&xid=3355Killed in Action -HANDY Walter
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