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JAMES DANIEL WALKER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – June 5, 1969
Service recordJames Daniel Walker, of Santa Maria, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 80
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Santa Maria, California (Santa Barbara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 80
- FRANK TORTORICIPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- BRENDAN XAVIER TURNERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- HUGO HECTOR ULLOACorporal · June 5, 1969
- JOSEPH VALESKO JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN MICHAEL BELLAMYStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 70
- DAVID PATRICK CALLAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 71
- JERRY MICHAEL DAILEYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 72
- ROBERT SHELDON DANKERTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 72
- SHERMAN WILLIAM GREGORYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 73
- JACK HATFIELDSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 73
- MERLE ROBERT HIGGINSSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 74
- EDWARD EARL KINGCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 75
- CLYDE DAVID LAHRSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 75
- ROBERT EBERT LANGSTONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 75
- JAMES ARNOLD MARDIS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 76
- PATRICK EDWARD POPPENGACorporal · Panel 23W, Line 77
- CHARLES MARLIN RAMSEYSergeant · Panel 23W, Line 78
- FRANK TORTORICIPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 80
- JOSEPH VALESKO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 80
- MILFORD HOMER WENSELCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 81
From Santa Maria
- RICHARD DAVID SWAYZEPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS J ONTIVEROSPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- ROBERT BLANCO COWELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- IRA JAMES SPITTLER IIISpecialist Four · February 5, 1967
- ANTONIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- DONALD MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 15, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN GIOVANACCISpecialist Four · July 18, 1967
- ELDON WAYNE WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- DAVID ALAN SCHULTZSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- ALBERT RANDOLPH FOGG IIISpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
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.