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MICHAEL EARL WALKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 22, 1949 – June 27, 1968
Service recordMichael Earl Walker, of Fredericksburg, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Fredericksburg, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 54W, Line 7
- VINCENT FRANK GIAMMARINOSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
- JAMES HOUSTON ROULETTSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
- MELVIN RICHARD WHITEChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 27, 1968
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
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.