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WALTER WAYNE VINSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1946 – June 30, 1967
Service recordWalter Wayne Vinson, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 90
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 90
- GLYN LINAL RUNNELS JRCorporal · June 30, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN BARRETTSpecialist Four · July 1, 1967
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.