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EVANS S WALKER
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1926 – October 16, 1967
Service recordEvans S Walker, of Blacksburg, South Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 4, 1926
- Home of record
- Blacksburg, South Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 18
- DONALD WAYNE ADKINSPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LEMUEL LENOEL ALEWINEGunnery Sergeant · October 17, 1967
- TERRY DELAMESA ALLEN JRLieutenant Colonel · October 17, 1967
- LARRY MICHAEL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FINLAY FIELDMajor · Panel 28E, Line 15
- GEORGE STANLEY SALEMASergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 17
- LARRY PAUL STOTLERCaptain · Panel 28E, Line 17
From Blacksburg
- BOBBY JOE HAMESSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- DONALD COLEMAN CROTTSCorporal · June 13, 1968
- CURTIS LEVENCE HARDINPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
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.