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ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JR
Major · U.S. Army
September 27, 1933 – May 23, 1965
Service recordOrien Judson Walker JR, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 23, 1965, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 124
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 27, 1933
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 23, 1965
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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 1E, Line 124
- MAURICE WILLIAM MOSHERMaster Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LYNN WAITMAN PETERSSpecialist Five · May 25, 1965
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- FLEMING B BRAINERD IIICaptain · May 26, 1965
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD KENNEYSergeant First Class · Panel 1E, Line 123
From Boston
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
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.