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WALTER PRESTON GORHAM
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 12, 1921 – March 16, 1963
Service recordWalter Preston Gorham, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 16, 1963, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 20
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 12, 1921
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1963
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1963; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1963, 6 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 20
- FLOYD ROBERT DAVISPrivate First Class · March 21, 1963
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
From Richmond
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- MICHAEL GARY MURRAYLance Corporal · March 21, 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.