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JOHNNIE WALKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – October 27, 1967
Service recordJohnnie Walker, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 88
- LAWRENCE BUFORD PRATERSergeant · October 27, 1967
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT WARREN JRSpecialist Four · October 27, 1967
- BRONSON LEE WESTFALLLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 77
- ROBERT PAUL COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 80
- JAMES ALBERT CORESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 80
- EVARISTO MARTINEZ IIISpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 81
- JOHN HENRY LANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- JAMES LEATHERWOODPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 83
- TERRY LEE MALOYSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 84
- MICHAEL PETERSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 85
- GARY ARDEN RUCKTAESCHELSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 86
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 89
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.