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RICHARD HOWARD WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1949 – April 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Howard Walker, of Sparks, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Sparks, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 58
- RICHARD LYNN TURLEYWarrant Officer 1 · April 26, 1969
- VINCENT VOSYLIUSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- BEVERLY COSTNER WARESpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- ALTON DARNELL WOODRUFFStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1969
From Sparks
- LARRY LEE LAKEYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- MICHAEL L BRAEUTIGANSpecialist Four · May 17, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SHEALance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD ANTHONY CARRUTHERSLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ANDREW ERNEST LEBEAU JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- CHARLES BURTON FOX JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- DENNIS W LONDONSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.