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WALTER ALLAN PAIRAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 25, 1942 – May 19, 1967
Service recordWalter Allan Pairan, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 47
- GUY ECKMAN MCNAY JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MOSGROVE JRStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- ALBERT JOHN PATRILLOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.