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STEPHEN CHRISTIAN WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 7, 1948 – February 4, 1969
Service recordStephen Christian Walker, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 60
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 60
- EDWARD PAUL VANDERVORTCorporal · February 4, 1969
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- WILLIAM EUGENE BOEHMWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1969
- RAY LYNN GOODPrivate First Class · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH CHARLES CLIFTONCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 55
- ROBERT LEROY EATONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 55
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.