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WALTER A MARABLE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1944 – October 27, 1967
Service recordWalter A Marable JR, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 83
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · October 27, 1967
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JAMES LEATHERWOODPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- TERRY LEE MALOYSergeant · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODGER GLYNN BARNESCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- HORACE CANNCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 79
- EDWARD CHARITY JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 79
- DENNIS HOWARD GRANTSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 84
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 85
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 86
- JOHN ALLEN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 86
- DAVID LOUIS STOLLCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 88
- ROGER DALE WILFONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 89
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.