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WALTER LEE WALLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – August 7, 1968
Service recordWalter Lee Walls, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 27
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 27
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · August 7, 1968
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- JAMES EDWIN VERNORPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- ALDERMAN CARROWAY WEST JRStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 21
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 21
- JOSE CELSO DEJESUS-COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 22
- DAVID RAY HOWARDCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 22
- WILLIE FIELDS JRCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 23
- TIMOTHY CHARLES HANNIGANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 23
- WILLIAM EARL MCDAVIDSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 25
- NICHOLAS LEE SCHROEDERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 26
- JOHN RICHARD SHEROKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 26
- BEN WESLEY STEPHENSSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 26
- WILLIAM J THIESFELDT-COLLAZOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 27
- JAMES EARL TURNERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 27
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.