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ROBERT LEE WALKER JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 30, 1948 – February 12, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Walker JR, of Midway, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Midway, Alabama (Bullock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 4
- DONALD RAY MCINTOSHPetty Officer Third Class · February 12, 1970
- BILLY JAKE SMITHCaptain · February 12, 1970
- MARK ALAN STRAUBPrivate First Class · February 12, 1970
- ARCHIE NORMAN WADESpecialist Five · February 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DEAN BOSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 129
- JOHN MICHAEL GIBBONSCaptain · Panel 14W, Line 131
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.