Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Walter Ruben Shortt
Headstone of Walter Ruben Shortt
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Walter Ruben Shortt

Corporal
1943 – 1966
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 06E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Corporal Walter Ruben Shortt served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Walter served in the Vietnam War. Walter was 22 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Gunshot wound
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Ngai
Keepsakes
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
WPNS PLT, K CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
0331: MACHINE GUNNER
CPL
MACHINEGUNNER
QUANG NGAI
1966
Pay grade E04.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 06E · Line 35 cut as WALTER R SHORTT
Burial Information
Cemetery Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Section G
Grave 86
In Our Keeping
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Walter Ruben Shortt
Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1966
1st Marines
Corporal
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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