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RICHARD HAROLD WALKER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1944 – January 15, 1968
Service recordRichard Harold Walker, of Spokane, Washington, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 56
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 56
- RONALD LEE MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- ORVAL HARRY SKARMANSergeant · January 15, 1968
- RAYMOND N WEBERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- CHARLES THERON WHITELance Corporal · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JAMES BOSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 51
- BRIAN THOMAS CADYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 51
- KENNETH RALPH HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 53
- CHARLES WILLIAM IRBYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 54
- ERNEST TYRONE MARTINSergeant First Class · Panel 34E, Line 54
- THOMAS ROGER WATTSSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 55
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 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.