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JOHN DAVID WALKER
Captain · U.S. Army
June 26, 1941 – November 14, 1969
Service recordJohn David Walker, of Hoquiam, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 77
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Communications Officer (0200)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1941
- Home of record
- Hoquiam, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 77
- OLIVER NATHANIEL THOMPSONSpecialist Five · November 14, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT VANHATTEMCorporal · November 14, 1969
From Hoquiam
- WILLIAM RAY DALRYMPLELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- ARCHIE NORMAN WADESpecialist Five · February 12, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCOBYStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1970
- JAMES RUSSELL MCQUADEFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1972
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.