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JAMES EDWARD WALKER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Walker JR, of Pacifica, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Pacifica, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 8
- ADOLFO MORENO PEREZPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- CLIFFORD EARL TYSONPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DAVID VERNON WHINNERYPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- LUCKY GAYLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM JOHNSON JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 2
- ANTHONY LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 4
- DAVID VERNON WHINNERYPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 8
From Pacifica
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOSTERPrivate · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT ERVEN CURRYLance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- JAMES STANLEY B CHILDERSLance Corporal · February 15, 1967
- MEDFORD ADARINE CHRYSLERPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GEORGE ANGELO CABANO JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM COMPTONSergeant · May 12, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- JOHNNY BRYAN WHITEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1970
- DAVID GEORGE MCKAYSpecialist Four · June 4, 1970
- JOHN AL PREMENKOSergeant · August 14, 1970
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.