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CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 29, 1948 – September 3, 1969
Service recordCharles Butner Walker JR, of Overland Park, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Overland Park, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 30
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · September 3, 1969
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 3, 1969
- ALLEN JOHN VANFREDENBERGSergeant · September 3, 1969
- TROY LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1969
From Overland Park
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ALLAN HERBERT MACDONALDSpecialist Four · June 26, 1966
- JACK DENNIS RENFROLieutenant · November 7, 1966
- WILLIAM SHELTON MORTIBOYCorporal · April 1, 1967
- JEFFERY CLARK MCTEERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- KURTIS NOLAN CHAPMANLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- JON PATRICK LAFRANCEPrivate First Class · December 29, 1968
- CLARENCE HENRY BOOLINSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- DAN L F COOMBS IIIFirst Lieutenant · December 19, 1970
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.