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HOWARD LESLIE WALKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1941 – November 4, 1966
Service recordHoward Leslie Walker, of Boomer, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Boomer, North Carolina (Wilkes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 25
- VINCENT CARMEN BOURDEAUSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- VINCENT ANTHONY SCUNGIOMajor · November 4, 1966
- GARY DOUGLAS TACKETTFireman · November 4, 1966
- GARY PATTERSON WRATTENMajor · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 20
- EDWARD JEROME MERRITTSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 22
- CARMEN PAUL CARTONIAPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 23
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.