STISCHER, WALTER MORRIS

RIP 02/20/2022

Name: Walter Morris Stischer
Branch/Rank: UNITED STATES AIR FORCE/O4
Unit: 12 TRS
Date of Birth: 27 Sept 30
Home City of Record: SAN ANTONIO TX
Date of Loss: 13-April-68
Country of Loss: NORTH VIETNAM (Stischer states LAOS)
Loss Coordinates: 152000 North  1070300 East (Stischer states Chavanne)
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: RF4C #0383
Missions: 60
Other Personnel in Incident: Captain Donald Verhees, navigator, rescued.
Refno: 1127

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File. Update 2022.

REMARKS: 730328 RELEASED BY PL (LAOS) [Stischer states NVN - he "did not see
Laotians until we arrived (10 released together) arrived at the airport. He
was "captured by NVN troops and was in their custody the entire time]

ALIVE IN 2002/RET COL/RESIDES TX

No further information available at this time.

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Library of Congress Files:

LA: "Laos POW List Includes Only 7 GIs" {From The Washington Post, Feb. 2,
1973}
Country: LA

Name: Walter M. Stischer

Subjects: PWC

Reel: 408

Volume: 34

Page: 52

Type of Document: Open Source

Date of Report: 73 02 02

Date of Information: 73 02 02

Category: CIA Files

 

09/20/2020
Greetings

I am the daughter of a POW who returned from Viet Nam in 1973. His name is Walter Stischer, and he was shot down in Laos in 1968.  I would like to find a bracelet that was made with his name, and extend my gratitude to who wore it for him. 

Sincerely,
Tricia Bergh


contact POW Network, info@pownetwork.org to send a bracelet back to Col Stischer's family.
 

02/24/2022
CC:
from ML and TAC Recce News...
Walt was born September 27, 1930, in San Antonio, Texas to Walter Stischer and Mary Ada (Sling) Stischer. He passed away on February 20, 2022 of natural causes.
 
Walt graduated from the University of Texas at Austin and was an avid Longhorn football fan. He served in the United States Air Force for 26 years as a pilot, reaching the rank of Full Colonel.
 
In Vietnam he was shot down and taken as a Prisoner of War. After spending 1,811 days in captivity, he was released in 1973 and went on to retire from the Air Force 1981 as a distinguished and highly decorated Air Force Colonel. He earned a total of 24 service medals, including Silver and Bronze stars, and 2 Purple Hearts.
 
Walt is predeceased by his son, David Stischer, and survived by daughters Kathleen Burnette and Tricia (Gordon) Bergh, daughter-in-law Rhonda (Zethmayr) Stischer, and as well as many other loved family members.
 
Visitation will be held Friday, February 25, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Harrell Funeral Home on Frontier Trail. Graveside services will be held for family where Walt is to be interred, next to his parents back home in San Antonio, TX.
 
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