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CHARLES WALKER
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 25, 1932 – March 28, 1969
Service recordCharles Walker, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 77
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Senior Sergeant (13Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1932
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 77
- ROBERT LESTER WEIHERSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- JAMES CLIFFORD WEST JRSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- LORNE JOHN WILSONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROLAND STEVEN ZIERDENPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.