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THOMAS DAVID WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1945 – December 26, 1968
Service recordThomas David Walker, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- June 13, 1945
- Home of record
- Elkhorn, Wisconsin (Walworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 79
- JOHN WESLEY BAKER JRSergeant First Class · December 27, 1968
- LOUIS ABBEY BARASHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- BARRY MORRIS BARBERSeaman · December 27, 1968
- LARRY MICHAEL BARTELLPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
From Elkhorn
- MICHAEL HOWARD STOFLETPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- ALLEN L VANKEURENStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
- JACK PETER DELANGESpecialist Five · March 5, 1969
- ROY WILLIAM DUNBAR JRFirst Lieutenant · May 16, 1969
- DENNIS DEAN CHAMBERLINSpecialist Four · June 26, 1970
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.