The Wall › Panel 18W › North Carolina › Walter Vann Lemmond III
WALTER VANN LEMMOND III
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1943 – September 20, 1969
Service recordWalter Vann Lemmond III, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 117
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmfa F-4s (I) (7522)
- Born
- October 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 117
- WILLIAM VINCENT FLYNNFireman · September 20, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD LAVENDERFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1969
- FRANK JAMES MONTEZCorporal · September 20, 1969
- DANIEL NAPIERSKIESpecialist Four · September 20, 1969
From Lumberton
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 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.