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GEORGE NELSON WALKER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1934 – May 28, 1968
Service recordGeorge Nelson Walker, of Adolphus, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Adolphus, Kentucky (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 17
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- FRED LEWIS THRIFTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROGER WAYNE VOLZPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WARDLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
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.