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BURTON KIMBALL WALKER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 2, 1931 – February 9, 1970
Service recordBurton Kimball Walker, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 118
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1931
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 118
- GEORGE ALBIAN JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · February 9, 1970
- JOHN JAMES KOSSpecialist Four · February 9, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE PFEIFERPrivate First Class · February 9, 1970
- BILLIE JOE WILSONStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1970
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.