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IRVIN WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1947 – December 26, 1968
Service recordIrvin Walker, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 78
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 78
- ALBERT W MCKINNEY JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- SYLVESTER ROACHSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- LOUIS WADE ROBERTSCorporal · December 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOYLE SHOOPMANLance Corporal · December 26, 1968
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 1967
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.