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HAROLD LEE WALTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1949 – July 7, 1968
Service recordHarold Lee Walton, of Hapeville, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 41
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Hapeville, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 41
- KENNETH GARY WATSONLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL WEBERStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1968
- WALLACE BRUCE WERNERSergeant · July 7, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES WILSONSpecialist Four · July 7, 1968
From Hapeville
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- KENNETH RONALD HUNTERCaptain · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1968
- ERIC EUGENE GITTENSSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
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.