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HENSON FRANK WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1945 – June 13, 1969
Service recordHenson Frank Walker, of Pleasant Grove, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Pleasant Grove, Utah (Utah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 45
- KENNETH LEE CONNERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN WILKSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- CARLOS AVILA YOUNGPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
- BOBBY RAY BROWNSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TEDDY EARL HARGROVECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 38
- DANIEL JOHN LIPETZKYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 41
- CHRISTY ALBERT PEEBLERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 43
From Pleasant Grove
- DEE RANDALL JARVISLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- EARNEST WESLEY FOWLKEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- DAVID NILSSON RASMUSSENSergeant · August 24, 1968
- JAMES K ANDERSONCorporal · August 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.