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THOMAS JAMES WALKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 4, 1948 – August 25, 1968
Service recordThomas James Walker, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 46W, Line 25
- CLAUDE FRANKLIN VAUGHNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN WATSONSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JAMES BARRINGTON WESTBROOKCaptain · August 25, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN WOODSSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ERNEST FUNSTONCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 15
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · Panel 46W, Line 17
- FRANCIS TRAINOR MULVEYCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 18
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 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.