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WALTER LLOYD DROSD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1948 – May 28, 1968
Service recordWalter Lloyd Drosd, of Kensington, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 8
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
- Multichannel Equipment Operator (2532)
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Kensington, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 8
- FRANCIS ANTHONY M DANIELSSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON DRAKEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- SAMUEL HARRISON EASLEY IICorporal · May 28, 1968
From Kensington
- WILLIAM RICHARD SPATES JRStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- THOMAS CARROLL D MOFFITTPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- ROBERT HAZEN SHIELDS IIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 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.