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LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1939 – February 11, 1962
Service recordLewis Metcalfe Walling JR, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1962
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1962. In February 1962, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 7
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- ROBERT LEE WESTFALLAirman First Class · February 11, 1962
- CHARLES AUBREY PULLIAMPrivate First Class · February 17, 1962
- AL SUMINGUIT PADAYHAGSpecialist Five · March 10, 1962
Same unit, same day
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · Panel 1E, Line 7
From Woonsocket
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARMELance Corporal · October 2, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
- CRAIG BARKER HOLTCorporal · May 26, 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.