Vietnam Dog Handler Association honors former area man for service
BRANSON MO NEWS: Photos submitted by RUSSELL WALTERS
Russell Walters and his wife, Sue Ellen, appear in a portrait commemorating their 25th wedding anniversary. The inset photo shows Walters on his way to helicopter combat assault in III Corps, RVN 1970, with the 62nd Infantry Platoon, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).HERSHEY — Maj. Russell T. Walters (Ret.), formerly of Lewistown and now of Hershey, was awarded the Warriors Medal of Valor in October for honorable military service. The award was bestowed by the Vietnam Dog Handler Association at a reunion held Oct. 15 in Branson, Missouri.Walters is a 1969 graduate of Lewistown-Granville High School, and a 1975 graduate of Penn State University. He is married to the former Sue Ellen Griffith, a 1974 graduate of Lewistown High School.
Walters received the award “for valor under fire, service to military working dogs and service to current military dog handlers,” according to the VDHA.
Papers nominating Walters for the award tell his story:
He enlisted in the U.S. Army after high school graduation in 1969, at the age of 17. Walter attended Basic Combat Training at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, and Advanced Individual Training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Walters volunteered for Vietnam service, and …
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