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WALTER FRANK ORLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1946 – April 6, 1966
Service recordWalter Frank Orley, of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 90
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 7 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Emmaus, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 90
- ROBERT ALAN KREUZIGERPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JOHN WAYNE LAFAYETTEMajor · April 6, 1966
- JOHN EDGAR LITTLEPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNONLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
From Emmaus
- DEPUY RAYMOND VANKEURENLance Corporal · August 22, 1965
- ARTHUR JAMES HENSINGERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1967
- ARLEN JAY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- ROBERT FREW CONTIFirst Lieutenant · November 24, 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.