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WALTER VERNON MARCUM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – December 6, 1970
Service recordWalter Vernon Marcum, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 110
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 110
- ALVIN LEE EVANOFFSpecialist Four · December 6, 1970
- BERNARD HODGESCaptain · December 6, 1970
- ROBERT JOHANN SEUFERTStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1970
- ROY EDWARD SHAW JRCaptain · December 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL HADWIN ALSEVERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 109
- BERNARD HODGESCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 110
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.