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LOUIS EUGENE WALTON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 1, 1932 – June 27, 1966
Service recordLouis Eugene Walton, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 102
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Laboratory Specialist (92B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 1, 1932
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 102
- GENE ALBERT SMITHCommander · June 27, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE STAHLSergeant · June 27, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS VERGANOPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
- ARTHUR MURRY WOODPrivate First Class · June 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- BILLY JOE NAVEMajor · Panel 8E, Line 101
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · Panel 8E, Line 101
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.