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VICTOR MONROE DEWALT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1949 – November 10, 1970
Service recordVictor Monroe Dewalt, of Revere, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 49
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 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Revere, Pennsylvania (Bucks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 49
- JOHN WILLIE HERRINGSergeant First Class · November 9, 1970
- JOHNNY PHILLIP COSTNERSergeant · November 10, 1970
- BENTLEY THOMAS DAVISSpecialist Four · November 10, 1970
- WALDEMAR S GRZESKOWIAKSpecialist Four · November 10, 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.