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LUTHER WALKER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1949 – August 10, 1969
Service recordLuther Walker JR, of Johnston, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Johnston, South Carolina (Edgefield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 128
- DONALD FREDERICK ROBINSONSergeant · August 10, 1969
- LINDSAY CLINTON TURNERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- DALE SLOAN WILKINSONLance Corporal · August 10, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE BURCHSergeant · August 11, 1969
From Johnston
- JOHNNIE LINCOLN DANIELCaptain · October 4, 1966
- BENNY DEAN CLAYTONFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1968
- CALVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- TILLMAN DAVID RODGERS JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
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.