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JERRY LEE WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1943 – November 4, 1971
Service recordJerry Lee Walker, of Porterville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 61
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Porterville, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1971
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 61
- ARLIE ROBERT MANGUSSergeant · November 3, 1970
- JERRY DEAN MARTINSergeant · November 3, 1970
- CALVIN ANDREW NORRISStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1970
- JAMES ROBERT PANTALLSergeant · November 3, 1970
From Porterville
- RODNEY BALAAM CARTERCommander · October 26, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD WATSONChief Warrant Officer 3 · February 25, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- CLIFFORD ALAN JONESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RONNIE LOUIS PHELPSPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- GEORGE HAROLD WINKEMPLECKPrivate First Class · October 10, 1967
- EDDIE D TURNERCorporal · October 23, 1967
- PATRICK ALBERT HIGGINSCorporal · May 10, 1968
- RONALD DAVID SHOCKLEYAirman Apprentice · August 24, 1968
- LARRY GENE HIGGINBOTHAMSpecialist Four · March 1, 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.