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RICHARD FREEMAN WALTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 24, 1950 – February 6, 1970
Service recordRichard Freeman Walton, of Gilbertsville, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Gilbertsville, New York (Otsego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 109
- DARRELL JACK SMITHSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
- KIRK IRWIN TEMPLELance Corporal · February 6, 1970
- GARY DAVID THATCHERWarrant Officer 1 · February 6, 1970
- JAMES LARRY WALDENCorporal · February 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL ALLEN SHIELDSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 108
- GARY DAVID THATCHERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 14W, Line 109
- MORRIS EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 110
- JESSE ALLAN WISDOMCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 110
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.