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WALTER MARCUM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1944 – September 29, 1966
Service recordWalter Marcum, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 29
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 29
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- BOOKER SMITH JRStaff Sergeant · September 29, 1966
- SAUL WAXMANMajor · September 29, 1966
- THOMAS LEE WESTPOINTSergeant · September 30, 1966
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM CARPENTER JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 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.