Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Willie Edward Bolton
Headstone of Willie Edward Bolton
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Willie Edward Bolton

Lance Corporal
1944 – 1969
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 29W
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Lance Corporal Willie Edward Bolton served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Willie served in the Vietnam War. Willie was 24 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Blast injury
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Nam
Keepsakes
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
F CO, 2ND BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
0331: MACHINE GUNNER
LCPL
MACHINEGUNNER
QUANG NAM
1969
Pay grade E03.
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 29W · Line 95 cut as WILLIE E BOLTON
Burial Information
Cemetery Mcswain Cemetery
In Our Keeping
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Willie Edward Bolton
Lance Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1969
2nd Battalion 1st Marines
Lance Corporal
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
2nd Battalion 1st Marines - Insignia

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