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MICHAEL STEPHEN WALKER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 29, 1941 – July 15, 1969
Service recordMichael Stephen Walker, of Columbia, Louisiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on July 15, 1969, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 4
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 TFW
- Born
- August 29, 1941
- Home of record
- Columbia, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 15, 1969
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “37 TFW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 4
- JAMES NEIL WALLPrivate First Class · July 15, 1969
- ROBERT HAROLD WOODSergeant · July 15, 1969
- ARTHUR RICHARD ALLISONSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- BRUCE CARLYLE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARMON POLSTERCaptain · Panel 20W, Line 2
From Columbia
- ANTHONY TONY MARTINSpecialist Four · November 22, 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.