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STEPHEN ARCHIE WALKER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 1, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordStephen Archie Walker, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 55W, Line 17
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · June 22, 1968
- JOHN DAVID BABINSACKStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1968
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BERNARD TAYLORCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 16
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 1966
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.