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KENNETH EARL WALKER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 3, 1935 – October 2, 1964
Service recordKenneth Earl Walker, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 2, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 ACO SQ
- Born
- January 3, 1935
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1964
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 64
- JOHN CLARENCE THOMASLieutenant Commander · September 8, 1964
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- VIRGIL RAYMOND GREANYMajor · September 25, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
- ALAN JAMES FARHATPrivate First Class · June 17, 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.