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MICHAEL CLYDE WALKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1945 – December 8, 1968
Service recordMichael Clyde Walker, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 71
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 71
- DENNY LEE WASHAMPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- BRIAN LEE WEBBERFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1968
- ARMOUR DAVID WILCOX IIISergeant · December 8, 1968
- JIMMIE KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED PATRICK CLAYTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 62
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.