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DANIEL STEVEN WALKO
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 11, 1949 – August 8, 1970
Service recordDaniel Steven Walko, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 96
- WAYNE EMERICK WALSH JRCorporal · August 8, 1970
- PONDEXTUER E WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- DON WAYNE AVERYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1970
- KIRK OWEN BARKLEYSpecialist Four · August 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GORDON EDGRENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 93
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 94
- WAYNE EMERICK WALSH JRCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 96
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGSSecond Lieutenant · January 13, 1967
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
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.