Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran
LCPL Victor M. De Walt
enlistment date: 25 June 1969
Vietnam tour start: 10 May 1970
Non-Hostile, Died of Illness/Injury, Ground Casualty
Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Lance Corporal DeWalt was a Rifleman assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps.
On 6 November 1970, a reconnaissance team in the mountains northwest of Da Nang in Quang Nam Province, RVN, called a fire mission on moving troops they believed were enemy combatants. Unbeknownst to the recon team, what they saw was a Marine patrol from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, occupying a night defensive position. Six high-explosive and four white phosphorous rounds impacted on the patrol's position, killing two and wounding eleven. The lost personnel included SGT Meredith L. Barnett and LCPL Donald R. Soles. A third Marine, rifleman LCPL Victor M. DeWalt died of his wounds four days later. Reportedly, the patrol's route into the reconnaissance team's area of operations had not been plotted at the Fire Support Coordination Center of the artillery battery, nor was it coordinated with the recon unit.
Victor is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 6w, Line 49.
LCPL Victor M. De Walt
enlistment date: 25 June 1969
Vietnam tour start: 10 May 1970
Non-Hostile, Died of Illness/Injury, Ground Casualty
Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Lance Corporal DeWalt was a Rifleman assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps.
On 6 November 1970, a reconnaissance team in the mountains northwest of Da Nang in Quang Nam Province, RVN, called a fire mission on moving troops they believed were enemy combatants. Unbeknownst to the recon team, what they saw was a Marine patrol from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, occupying a night defensive position. Six high-explosive and four white phosphorous rounds impacted on the patrol's position, killing two and wounding eleven. The lost personnel included SGT Meredith L. Barnett and LCPL Donald R. Soles. A third Marine, rifleman LCPL Victor M. DeWalt died of his wounds four days later. Reportedly, the patrol's route into the reconnaissance team's area of operations had not been plotted at the Fire Support Coordination Center of the artillery battery, nor was it coordinated with the recon unit.
Victor is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 6w, Line 49.
Vietnam War Marine Corps veteran
LCPL Victor M. De Walt
enlistment date: 25 June 1969
Vietnam tour start: 10 May 1970
Non-Hostile, Died of Illness/Injury, Ground Casualty
Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Lance Corporal DeWalt was a Rifleman assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps.
On 6 November 1970, a reconnaissance team in the mountains northwest of Da Nang in Quang Nam Province, RVN, called a fire mission on moving troops they believed were enemy combatants. Unbeknownst to the recon team, what they saw was a Marine patrol from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, occupying a night defensive position. Six high-explosive and four white phosphorous rounds impacted on the patrol's position, killing two and wounding eleven. The lost personnel included SGT Meredith L. Barnett and LCPL Donald R. Soles. A third Marine, rifleman LCPL Victor M. DeWalt died of his wounds four days later. Reportedly, the patrol's route into the reconnaissance team's area of operations had not been plotted at the Fire Support Coordination Center of the artillery battery, nor was it coordinated with the recon unit.
Victor is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 6w, Line 49.
LCPL Victor M. De Walt
enlistment date: 25 June 1969
Vietnam tour start: 10 May 1970
Non-Hostile, Died of Illness/Injury, Ground Casualty
Quang Nam, South Vietnam
Lance Corporal DeWalt was a Rifleman assigned to Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, U.S. Marine Corps.
On 6 November 1970, a reconnaissance team in the mountains northwest of Da Nang in Quang Nam Province, RVN, called a fire mission on moving troops they believed were enemy combatants. Unbeknownst to the recon team, what they saw was a Marine patrol from Company I, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, occupying a night defensive position. Six high-explosive and four white phosphorous rounds impacted on the patrol's position, killing two and wounding eleven. The lost personnel included SGT Meredith L. Barnett and LCPL Donald R. Soles. A third Marine, rifleman LCPL Victor M. DeWalt died of his wounds four days later. Reportedly, the patrol's route into the reconnaissance team's area of operations had not been plotted at the Fire Support Coordination Center of the artillery battery, nor was it coordinated with the recon unit.
Victor is honored on the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington DC; name inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 6w, Line 49.
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