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WILLIAM HENRY WALLS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
April 28, 1946 – January 24, 1966
Service recordWilliam Henry Walls, of Horsham, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 85
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Horsham, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 85
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DOYLE ROBERT SPRICKMajor · January 24, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
From Horsham
- WILLIAM PAUL MASONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- JOSEPH CONARD PARK JRSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 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.