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JERRY DOYLE WALKER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 11, 1944 – December 3, 1970
Service recordJerry Doyle Walker, of Louisville, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Louisville, Mississippi (Winston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 105
- ROBERT LEE KINGCorporal · December 3, 1970
- SCOTT LAWRENCE SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · December 3, 1970
- PETER CLAUS BEHRENSWarrant Officer 1 · December 4, 1970
- RICHARD L BLASKOWSKISpecialist Four · December 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT LAWRENCE SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 105
From Louisville
- SAMUEL L HUNTWarrant Officer 1 · October 26, 1967
- LARRY LAMONT CUNNINGHAMStaff Sergeant · December 3, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM HUDSONCaptain · March 17, 1969
- HARRY CHARLES GREERCorporal · April 23, 1970
- WILLIE LEE STEELELance Corporal · June 8, 1970
- JOHN HENRY HAREPrivate First Class · November 28, 1971
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.