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MICHAEL ALLEN WALKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1948 – July 18, 1970
Service recordMichael Allen Walker, of Scottsbluff, Nebraska, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Scottsbluff, Nebraska (Scotts Bluff County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 29
- BURKE HOLBROOK MILLERCorporal · July 18, 1970
- WILLIAM A NORRENBROCKSpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- THOMAS ANTHONY PARDOSpecialist Five · July 18, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID ROLLASONSergeant · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 27
- BURKE HOLBROOK MILLERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 29
- WILLIAM DAVID ROLLASONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 29
- KENNETH JEROME SIMMONSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 30
From Scottsbluff
- DARYL EUGENE SMOCKSeaman Apprentice · November 20, 1966
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- COIL EDMOND JRCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- MARVIN HENRY MARTINPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE CARPENTERLance Corporal · April 24, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE BALESStaff Sergeant · April 15, 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.