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ROY WALKER
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 3, 1929 – April 10, 1970
Service recordRoy Walker, of Trenton, Texas, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 10, 1970, in Thailand, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 3, 1929
- Home of record
- Trenton, Texas (Fannin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 121
- JOHN CHARLES ROSESergeant · April 10, 1970
- THOMAS L WATERMANSergeant · April 10, 1970
- HOWELL FRANK BLAKEYLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
- EMILIO A DELA GARZA JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
From Trenton
- BILLY WAYNE WILSONLance Corporal · February 2, 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.