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JOHN RAYMOND WALKER
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
November 29, 1945 – March 20, 1972
Service recordJohn Raymond Walker, of Rochester, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 117
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Enlisted Aide (00H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Rochester, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 117
- COLUMBUS WATSON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1972
- JAMES CALVIN WILLIAMSONFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 1972
- THURMAN WOODY JRSergeant · March 17, 1972
- SAMMY LANE WEAVERSergeant · March 19, 1972
From Rochester
- GEORGE EUGENE CAHILLStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- SAMUEL SILVER THERIAULTMaster Sergeant · November 27, 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.