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LAVALLE WALKER
Private · U.S. Army
January 23, 1943 – January 28, 1969
Service recordLavalle Walker, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 11
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1943
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 11
- CARL DALE PIPHERSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHAEL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- PHILIP ALON TRITSCHPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL WILSON BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MERLE JAMES MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 8
- THOMAS LEE MORELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 8
- ALTON D PERCIVALPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 8
- JEROLD JEROME SHELTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 10
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.