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JACKIE CARROLL WALKER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – November 20, 1969
Service recordJackie Carroll Walker, of Corryton, Tennessee, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 104
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Corryton, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 104
- LARRY LE ROY BETTSSecond Lieutenant · November 21, 1969
- DONALD RAY BOYLESChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 21, 1969
- JAMES HILLIARD BRASWELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- ERNEST J DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · November 21, 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.