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DARRELL EDWARD WALDEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1947 – April 7, 1969
Service recordDarrell Edward Walden, of Girard, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 7, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 35
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Girard, Illinois (Macoupin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 35
- THOMAS JOSEPH VASILCorporal · April 7, 1969
- WILLIAM JAY WOOLSEYPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES ALAIMOSergeant · April 8, 1969
- FRANCIS DOMINICK ALIVENTOWarrant Officer 1 · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ARTHUR BISHOPSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 29
- ANTHONY JOHN FANFASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 30
- CHARLES LEE HATHORN JRSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 31
- STANLEY EUGENE MCCREARYPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 32
- RONALD ALLEN SEHESTEDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 34
- WAYNE YEARWOOD STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 34
From Girard
- RONALD LEE FOXLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN ENGLANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- THOMAS DEAN PROSEAirman First Class · November 25, 1971
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.