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WILLIAM HENRY WALTON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 27, 1952 – May 2, 1971
Service recordWilliam Henry Walton JR, of Danville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 23
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 27, 1952
- Home of record
- Danville, Virginia (Danville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 23
- LAWRENCE LOU WIESENDANGERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- DERRILL LEE BURNSIDECaptain · May 3, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT KIGERSergeant · May 3, 1971
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BRENT CORDONCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 21
- JEFFERY CAMON GOODRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 22
- RONALD JOE LARSONSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 22
- EDMUND LAMBERT MACNEIL IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 22
- CHRISTOPHER JONATHAN NEALESpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 22
From Danville
- ERIE A MARTIN JRFirst Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- LEE DUFFORD HARLEYMajor · May 18, 1966
- DANNY GARTH KEATONSpecialist Four · July 10, 1966
- DONALD WAYNE MCCANNSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- HERBERT L ELLINGTONSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- DAVID GLENN SPEARMANCaptain · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH WAYNE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- STEVEN REED POWELLPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- HUGH JAMES FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 11, 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.