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WALTER MERRILL POWELL
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 12, 1948 – May 28, 1968
Service recordWalter Merrill Powell, of Bolton, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Bolton, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 12
- JOHN EDWARD HAZELWOODCorporal · May 28, 1968
- WOODROW MAKIN JRPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- DENNIS RAE MASONSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- CARROLL RODNEY MEIERCorporal · May 28, 1968
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.