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ROBERT LOUIS WALTERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1949 – May 2, 1969
Service recordRobert Louis Walters, of Heber Springs, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 104
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
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Heber Springs, Arkansas (Cleburne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 104
- WILLIAM PHILIP THOMASPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT ERNEST TRIGALETFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
- STEPHEN AUGUST VIX JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- DENNIS RICHARD WAGIESergeant · May 2, 1969
From Heber Springs
- ROY VON WELLSPetty Officer First Class · January 22, 1967
- DWAYNE ELBERT KEVERSergeant · August 19, 1968
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.