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MICHAEL WALTERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1949 – July 28, 1969
Service recordMichael Walters, of Delphi, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 68
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Delphi, Indiana (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 68
- DAVID EDWIN WESTOVERSeaman · July 28, 1969
- HERMAN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL CHARLES WUNSCHCaptain · July 28, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH AMENDOLACaptain · July 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.