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KURTESS HOWARD WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1949 – May 31, 1970
Service recordKurtess Howard Walker, of Parowan, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 128
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Parowan, Utah (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 128
- JERRY LENWOOD THOMPSONSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
- JAMES HOWARD UNRUHSergeant · May 31, 1970
- BEN WILLIAMSMaster Sergeant · May 31, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
From Parowan
- ELLIS ORTON JRFirst Sergeant · November 25, 1966
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.