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JAMES RICHARD WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 11, 1946 – February 21, 1967
Service recordJames Richard Walker, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 21, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 72
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 72
- TROY FRANKLIN TOMBLINPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WALTER WEISSLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- WAYNE THOMAS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.