The Wall › Panel 13E › New York › Walter Ludwig Hammerschlag
WALTER LUDWIG HAMMERSCHLAG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1946 – December 8, 1966
Service recordWalter Ludwig Hammerschlag, of New Rochelle, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 21
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 30, 1946
- Home of record
- New Rochelle, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 21
- CHARLES DEWAYNE DAMSGARDPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- MICHAEL THORNTON FOUSTPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- GARY LEE HARBINPrivate First Class · December 8, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
From New Rochelle
- HEZEKIAH GEORGEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- ROBERT JOHN LYSAGHTLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- FREDERICK JAMES CARRATUROSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- JOHN LOUIS OLSENCorporal · June 21, 1967
- THELBERT ALLYSON JAMESPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ONEAL WRIGHTLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LESTER NEWSOMEPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY BARBOURPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 13, 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.