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JOHN WALTER WALL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 30, 1945 – April 21, 1967
Service recordJohn Walter Wall, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 65
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
- Radio Telegraph Operator (2533)
- Born
- May 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 65
- CHRISTOPHER PODMANICZKYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES MARCELLEUS SMITHPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- HERBERT RAY ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
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.