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J D WALTERS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1946 – October 11, 1968
Service recordJ D Walters, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 50
- MARVIN WESLEY JRSergeant · October 11, 1968
- VIRGIL HENRY WILSON JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH ABRAHAMSergeant · October 12, 1968
- RONALD ELI ALINCICPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.