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LEWIS ALAN WALTON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 4, 1948 – December 9, 1971
Service recordLewis Alan Walton, of Peru, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 85
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Peru, Indiana (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1971; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 85
- GEORGE SABLAN MENOCaptain · December 6, 1971
- MARVIN CARROLL BRIESACHERSpecialist Five · December 10, 1971
- SCOTT WINSTON MCINTIRELieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1971
- RANDY LEE CLIFTONSpecialist Four · December 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CHARLES PAWELKEStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 84
From Peru
- MICHAEL J MILLERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- THOMAS ALLEN GRIMESStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALAN MARKSSpecialist Four · January 28, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL MILLERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- LINDEN DALE EILER JRCorporal · April 25, 1968
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · April 28, 1968
- WARD EUGENE SEESergeant · October 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GRANT OCONNELLSecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1969
- WAYNE ELDON KAUFMANPetty Officer Third Class · February 14, 1970
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.