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LAVERNE WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1944 – April 16, 1967
Service recordLaverne Walker, of Greeley, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Greeley, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 37
- GORDON ODELL WALSHCaptain · April 16, 1967
- RICHARD DALE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- WILLIE CLIFTON WILLISSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
From Greeley
- RICARDO LEON MORENOSergeant · May 29, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN TOOTHAKERHospitalman · August 31, 1966
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BECKLance Corporal · June 3, 1968
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- KENNITH MARION SEWARDSpecialist Five · May 27, 1969
- JOHN DAVID INCELance Corporal · June 9, 1969
- THOMAS VINCENT FELDHAUSSpecialist Four · October 21, 1969
- ELDON LYLE SHAPLEYSpecialist Five · October 10, 1971
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.