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RUSSELL BERNDT WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – September 5, 1966
Service recordRussell Berndt Walker, of Bremerton, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Bremerton, Washington (Kitsap County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 71
- MACK ARTHUR KNIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- MANUEL LOPEZPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MACK ARTHUR KNIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 71
From Bremerton
- DANIEL WILLIAM HARMONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT DEVOREPrivate · November 28, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE KERRLieutenant Commander · March 10, 1967
- CHARLES C ANDERSON JRCaptain · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK WRIGHTSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- GREIG ROBERT PARKHURSTPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- STEPHEN PETER BARKERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- RICHARD CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- WADE RUSSELL REAUMECorporal · March 25, 1968
- JIMMIE ALAN DOLENCorporal · May 5, 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.