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ROBERT LEE WALKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1945 – July 24, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Walker, of Lake Placid, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 24, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Lake Placid, Florida (Highlands County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 117
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- CLIFFORD L RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH VIRGILIOCorporal · July 24, 1967
- RODERICK LEE WEISSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID NATHANIEL GREEN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 115
From Lake Placid
- SIDNEY GERALD POLLARDPrivate First Class · October 17, 1968
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.