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LAWRENCE PERCELL WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1950 – February 11, 1970
Service recordLawrence Percell Walker, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 129
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 129
- DARRELL GENE ALLISONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1970
- PERCILL BATTSLance Corporal · February 12, 1970
- KENNETH DEAN BOSTONPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- ROBERT SAMUEL BRADSHAW IIIFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JONATHAN LEE LAMMSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 127
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 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.