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WALTER THOMAS GUERIN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1942 – February 7, 1966
Service recordWalter Thomas Guerin, of Cairo, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1942
- Home of record
- Cairo, Illinois (Alexander County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 11
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1966
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
From Cairo
- BENNIE LEE CROSSSergeant · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM JONESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TERRY JRPrivate · October 22, 1967
- MARSHALL D JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT C PROFILETCaptain · October 2, 1968
- RUSSELL RICHARD BEELERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1970
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.