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LOUIS WELDON WASHINGTON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1947 – October 26, 1968
Service recordLouis Weldon Washington, of Burlington, Vermont, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 40
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Burlington, Vermont (Chittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 40
- KEITH LYLE SWANSONSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- MILES GREGORY WILDMANSpecialist Four · October 26, 1968
- DAVID KENNETH WILHELMPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN WORLDSPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
From Burlington
- JOHN WILTON VANDEVENTERFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1967
- EDWARD AUSTIN MCKENZIEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- KENNETH DEAN BAILEYCaptain · March 22, 1969
- BERNARD FREDRICK RITCHIELance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · September 3, 1969
- HARMON JOSEPH BOVE JRCorporal · March 4, 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.