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GERARD JOSEPH WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 24, 1949 – December 26, 1969
Service recordGerard Joseph Walker, of Carlstadt, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Carlstadt, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 96
- RAYMOND LOUIS MCCASLINStaff Sergeant · December 26, 1969
- WILLIAM HERMAN RUFFSergeant · December 26, 1969
- DUSTIN COWLES TROWBRIDGELieutenant (junior grade) · December 26, 1969
- CURTIS MORRIS ASHTONPetty Officer First Class · December 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY R MCCONAUGHEAD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 95
From Carlstadt
- JOHN DINAPOLI JRFirst Lieutenant · May 14, 1968
- DARRON FREDERICK ZICCHINOSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.