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WALTER DENNIS LAMBERT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
May 29, 1945 – December 1, 1970
Service recordWalter Dennis Lambert, of Angleton, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 1, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 102
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- May 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Angleton, Texas (Brazoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 102
- ARTHUR WEBSTER MACHEN IIICorporal · December 1, 1970
- JOE MAURICIO PALACIOPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
- RAYMOND BISHOP PENN JRLieutenant Colonel · December 1, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
From Angleton
- JAMES L CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL COTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1968
- GARVIS KEITH SIMONSSergeant · January 28, 1969
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.