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GEORGE EDWARD WALKER JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
June 19, 1931 – May 26, 1970
Service recordGeorge Edward Walker JR, of Swanton, Vermont, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Chuong Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Swanton, Vermont (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Chuong Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chuong Thien Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 106
- RICHARD LEE RISHSpecialist Four · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE SCOTTCorporal · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCULLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 105
- RICHARD LEE RISHSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 106
- CURTIS WHITTEDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 107
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.