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RICHARD LEE WALKER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 9, 1945 – June 27, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee Walker, of Pikesville, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Pikesville, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 74
- JAMES STEPHEN STASSIPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIE WALLERSecond Lieutenant · June 27, 1967
- STEPHEN GEORGE WASSENICHCorporal · June 27, 1967
- JONATHAN CHARLE WHITTICOMLance Corporal · June 27, 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.