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RICHARD DUANE WALKER
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
October 16, 1928 – June 14, 1969
Service recordRichard Duane Walker, of Elmira, New York, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1969, in Phu Quoc Island Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 50
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Born
- October 16, 1928
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Phu Quoc Island
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Quoc Island Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 50
- ROBERT BRUCE TUFTSCorporal · June 14, 1969
- RUBEN URDIALEZSpecialist Four · June 14, 1969
- JOHNNY WILESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1969
- BOBBIE GENE WOOTENStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1969
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
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.