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WALTER JAMES REECE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 7, 1945 – May 19, 1968
Service recordWalter James Reece, of Marshall, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Marshall, North Carolina (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 63E, Line 17
- PATRICK CARLISLE RIORDANPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- SAMUEL HENRI RODRIQUEZHospitalman · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM KEITH ROSSFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE SACHEN JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
From Marshall
- HERMAN HOWARD PAYNESecond Lieutenant · April 26, 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.