The Wall › Panel 62E › California › Gary Layne Walker
GARY LAYNE WALKER
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 22, 1946 – May 17, 1968
Service recordGary Layne Walker, of Cudahy, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Cudahy, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 13
- MARCUS GUY FIEBELKORNSecond Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- RICHARD TURNERCorporal · May 17, 1968
- SYLVESTER GEORGE TYLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JACK LEE WHITECorporal · May 17, 1968
From Cudahy
- LLOYD FRANCIS MOUSSEAUStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1968
- FELIPE HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
- ROBERT EDWARD HERNDONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1970
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.