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BARRY RONALD WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1946 – June 17, 1966
Service recordBarry Ronald Walker, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 59
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- MICHAEL VANCILPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE WASHBURNAirman Second Class · June 17, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.