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Walter Charlton

Case from Detroit, MI dated Mar 13, 1968

Victim Details

Walter Charlton

Male

Detroit

MI

1968-03-13

46

Walter

Charlton

07/10/2026

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Walter Jay Charlton was a 46-year-old man living in Detroit, Michigan, when his life was cut short by gunfire on March 13, 1968. Memorial records that preserve only the barest outline of his story describe him as having been “lost to gun violence” in the city that day, his name now appearing among thousands of others whose deaths are cataloged in online tributes to victims of shootings in the United States.

The fragmentary public record indicates that Charlton died in what is identif ...
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  • Mar 27, 1968, page 17 - The Oil City Derrick at Newspapers.com - Newspapers.com

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