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LEWIS CLARK WALTON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1934 – May 10, 1971
Service recordLewis Clark Walton, of Cranston, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 10, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 30
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 13, 1934
- Home of record
- Cranston, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 10, 1971
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 30
- PAUL ROBERT RIVETSergeant · May 10, 1971
- JOHN WAYNE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1971
- JOHN ARTHUR STALEYStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1971
- DAVID WAYNE STARCHERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1971
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JAMES PATTONColonel · Panel 3W, Line 29
- MICKEY LOUIS WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 31
From Cranston
- FREDRIC MOORE MELLORLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1965
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- GEORGE JACOB MACKPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- FRANK MAYNARD GARDNERLieutenant · October 26, 1966
- JAMES HERBERT EDWARDSSpecialist Five · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH P KRAMERSpecialist Four · April 10, 1967
- ANTHONY JOHN SIVOPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- KEVIN CARROLL HANLEYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DANNY VINSON SCURFIELDSergeant · October 14, 1968
- CARMEN DECUBELLIS JRFirst Lieutenant · October 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.