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RICHARD FLOYD WALTERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 15, 1946 – October 2, 1966
Service recordRichard Floyd Walters, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1966
- 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
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 35
- THOMAS EDWIN BEGLINGERSpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- PEPITO CAGUIMBALPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- JIMMIE DELL GRAYSergeant · October 2, 1966
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 17, 1967
- MARCUS SHARPE TURNER JRCaptain · February 14, 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.