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LESTER TIMOTHY WALKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – April 24, 1968
Service recordLester Timothy Walker, of Des Moines, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 1
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Des Moines, Iowa (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 1
- JERRY BOB TRUITTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
- BOBBY GENE VINSONColonel · April 24, 1968
- RALPH VOSSSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CRECENCIO CASAREZ GARCIASergeant · Panel 51E, Line 45
- JOHN EDWIN CHARLE MULCAHYSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 48
- CURTIS RONALD WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 2
From Des Moines
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
- HARRY RICHARD CRUMLEYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- WALTER BOYCE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- MARSHALL MYRON HOLT JRCaptain · March 2, 1966
- STEPHEN PAUL ALSTEDPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DENNIS ARNOLD MAYCaptain · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FREDRICK FREESTONEGunnery Sergeant · July 5, 1966
- JERRY LEE LEONARDISergeant First Class · July 10, 1966
- TERRY PATRICK SLOANPetty Officer First Class · November 9, 1966
- LOREN STEVEN REEVESSpecialist Four · November 11, 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.