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JOHN THOMAS WALLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1945 – February 3, 1969
Service recordJohn Thomas Walls, of Eatonton, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 52
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Eatonton, Georgia (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 52
- ERNEST ALLAN SPONGSergeant · February 3, 1969
- MALONE BENNETT TEMPLELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- DENNIS RAY WHICKERSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- DAVID RYAN AUGUSTUSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
From Eatonton
- JOHNNIE LEE BOSWELLPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · June 24, 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.