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DOUGLAS ALEXANDER WALKER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 29, 1943 – May 18, 1968
Service recordDouglas Alexander Walker, of Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 3
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Indian Orchard, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 3
- GARY JOSEPH THOMASCorporal · May 18, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH WEISSSecond Lieutenant · May 18, 1968
- NATHAN WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- JAMES RAY YOUNGPrivate · May 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE DEAN HELVEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 62E, Line 18
- LEROY MCKEEVERPrivate First Class · Panel 62E, Line 21
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.