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EUGENE WALTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1947 – April 14, 1968
Service recordEugene Walton, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 2
- GEORGE DAVIDSON STONEPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- STEVEN EARL TAYLORPrivate · April 14, 1968
- MARVIN LYNN VOTAWLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
- ROBERT FLOYD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN ANDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
- JORGE ARTURO CASTROPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES CLIFFORD COCHRANPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- JAMES J GREBSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 52
- HECTOR RAMON MARIN-RAMOSSergeant · Panel 49E, Line 53
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
- JAMES ALLEN PETTITTSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.