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WALTER MERL LANKFORD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1948 – August 28, 1967
Service recordWalter Merl Lankford JR, of Mission, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 57
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- August 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Mission, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1967
- 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
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 57
- ANTHONY JOHN GRASSOConstructionman · August 28, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HART JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
- MARCUS CLAUDE JONESLance Corporal · August 28, 1967
From Mission
- MERCEDES PEREZ SALINASStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1965
- CARLOS SAAVEDRA GONZALEZStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1966
- NOE MAGALLANSergeant · September 23, 1966
- RAMON GARZAAirman · July 29, 1967
- JESUS MARTINEZPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1968
- TRAVIS RICHARD CROCKETTCaptain · December 23, 1968
- JORGE VARGASPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
- FRANCISCO QUINTANILLA JRCorporal · February 27, 1971
- BOBBY GLENN HARRISStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1971
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.