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WALTER RUBEN SHORTT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 1, 1943 – March 21, 1966
Service recordWalter Ruben Shortt, of Augusta, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 35
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- April 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Augusta, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1966; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 35
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- WILLIAM ARTHUR STACY JRCaptain · March 21, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · 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.