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JAMES ALFRED WALKER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – March 21, 1969
Service recordJames Alfred Walker JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 6
- STEPHEN LENN WEIGTSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- CHARLES FRANKLIN WHITESpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
- RONNIE RUDOLPH WHITECorporal · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM WHITTENCorporal · March 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BILL ASHFORD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 94
- LARRY SCOTTCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 3
- CHARLES FRANKLIN WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 6
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.