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WALTER DENNIS HORNER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 27, 1945 – May 8, 1967
Service recordWalter Dennis Horner, of Waretown, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 59
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Waretown, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 59
- JAMES EDWARD HARMONCorporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT HUCKLEBERRYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- JAMES FREEMAN HUNDLEYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- CHARLES JACKSONLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS ALAN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
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.