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WALTER ADOLPH WAGNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1931 – June 8, 1967
Service recordWalter Adolph Wagner, of Redwood City, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 76
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- February 26, 1931
- Home of record
- Redwood City, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 76
- ROBERT MELVIN NAILCorporal · June 8, 1967
- DANIEL MARTIN ODONNELLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- THOMAS PRETTERSpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- HOWARD JACOB RICECorporal · June 8, 1967
From Redwood City
- RALPH FORRESTER GALVINPrivate · July 29, 1965
- DAVID GEORGE CALLISLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- JOHN NETO RODRIGUESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1966
- PHILIP JEREMIAH SMITHPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
- MICHAEL GAIL HARVEYWarrant Officer 1 · June 23, 1967
- ALAN MACDONALD STURDYSergeant · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JEROME KOPFERAirman First Class · February 21, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM CLAIRECorporal · February 25, 1968
- RONALD ERNEST INGRAMCorporal · July 6, 1968
- STEPHEN GRIFFITH MONTAGUECorporal · October 16, 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.