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LAWRENCE RICHARD WALTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 21, 1946 – January 7, 1968
Service recordLawrence Richard Walton, of New London, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 76
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- New London, Ohio (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 76
- ANDREW JESENEK TELLISCaptain · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM VADENSergeant · January 7, 1968
- DANNY RAY VANCELance Corporal · January 7, 1968
From New London
- CLAUDE HOWARDSergeant · May 26, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN GOPPCorporal · August 3, 1967
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.