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WILLIE EDWARD BOLTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1944 – March 21, 1969
Service recordWillie Edward Bolton, of Richton, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 95
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Richton, Mississippi (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 95
- ROBERT ALLEN BAETZELWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1969
- ALAN MARTIN BERNSTEINCorporal · March 21, 1969
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- WILLIAM MALCOLM CHURCHLieutenant Colonel · March 21, 1969
From Richton
- THOMAS EDWIN TUCKERSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.