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JOE FRANKLIN WALKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 17, 1936 – February 4, 1967
Service recordJoe Franklin Walker, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 17, 1936
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 120
- JOHN STORELLIPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- DONALD EARL THOMPSONCommander · February 4, 1967
- DENNIS WILBURPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- FRANKLIN BRUCE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLENNON WINSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 121
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSESpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
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.