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JAMES LLOYD WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – October 30, 1966
Service recordJames Lloyd Walker, of Blackfoot, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Blackfoot, Idaho (Bingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 131
- LINZA NORRISPrivate First Class · October 30, 1966
- CHARLES WARREN SMITHSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- EUGENE RICARDO TACTAY JRSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- WILMER JAY WILLINGHAMWarrant Officer 1 · October 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD ALFRED CHRISTPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 129
- CHARLES WARREN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 131
From Blackfoot
- GARY W BITTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- JOHN GILBERT LARSONPrivate First Class · December 30, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · September 12, 1968
- SHELDON DALE HOSKINSCorporal · October 7, 1968
- LEO JOE ADAKAICorporal · August 7, 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.