The Wall › Panel 58E › South Carolina › Edward Walker
EDWARD WALKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordEdward Walker, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 27
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 27
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · May 11, 1968
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · May 11, 1968
- KEITH DAN VINCENTCorporal · May 11, 1968
- THOMAS LEE WADESpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OLLIE CURTIS FREEMANCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 20
- OSCAR CONANDO GALLEGOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 20
- MARVIN JIM HANNACorporal · Panel 58E, Line 21
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.