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WILLIAM LEROY WALTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1942 – April 25, 1966
Service recordWilliam Leroy Walton, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 135
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 135
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- WARREN LEROY ANDERSONColonel · April 26, 1966
- BRENT JOHN BAUMERTSergeant · April 26, 1966
Same unit, same day
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- RICHARD MICHAEL LINESPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- ROBERT GILBERT MUELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- DAVID EARL GARRAPYCorporal · August 25, 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.