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Lewis William Walt (February 16, 1913 – March 26, 1989) was a United States Marine Corps four-star general who served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
- 1930–1936 (Colorado National Guard), 1936–1971 (USMC)
- General
28. März 1989 · Gen. Lewis W. Walt, who won combat decorations in World War II, Korea and Vietnam and later served as assistant commandant of the Marine Corps, died Sunday at a retirement home in Gulfport,...
General Walt, a husky, outspoken man who commanded 73,000 Marines in the critical I Corps area in the five northernmost provinces of South Vietnam from mid-1965 to mid-1967, had a reputation of being a front-line general. A Vietcong mortar round once exploded within 15 feet of him, wounding his aide. On another occasion he walked across a mined ...
Bio: Lewis William Walt (b. Feb. 16, 1913, Wabaunsee County, Kan.-d. March 26, 1989, Gulfport, Miss.), U.S. Marine Corps officer, enlisted in the Colorado National Guard at the age of 17, and after graduating from university in 1936, he accepted an appointment in the Marines.
General Walt's three books were Strange War; Strange Strategy about the war in Vietnam; America Faces Defeat, about the dangers confronting the nation; and The Eleventh Hour, about the urgency of the nation's problems. Death and Burial. General Lewis William Walt died on 26 March 1989 at a retirement home in Gulfport, MS, after a long illness ...
Lewis W. Walt, 76, a retired four-star general, former Marine Corps assistant commandant and a highly decorated combat veteran of three wars, died March 26 at the Naval Home in Gulfport, Miss....
Rank: Captain. Unit: Company A, 1st Marine Raider Battalion, 1st Marine Division "The Old Breed", U.S. Marine Corps. The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Captain Lewis William Walt (MCSN: 0-5436), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity while commanding an ...
