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JAMES ROBERT WALTZ
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1929 – May 13, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Waltz, of Washington, Pennsylvania, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 5
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Mechanized Accounting (3042)
- Born
- April 28, 1929
- Home of record
- Washington, Pennsylvania (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 5
- FREDERICK F WALTERSCorporal · May 13, 1968
- SYLVESTER WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD WELCHSergeant · May 13, 1968
- ALVIN EUGENE WILESSergeant · May 13, 1968
From Washington
- DAVID LEE RIZORPrivate · October 9, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES ARTHUR MCEWENFirst Lieutenant · October 22, 1965
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL SLESH JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT ARCHIBALD SIKONPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- ROBERT GAYLORD FINDLEYPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 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.