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THOMAS RAY WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – April 13, 1967
Service recordThomas Ray Walker, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 24
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
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 24
- VINCENT ALBERT RAMIREZPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1967
- MICHAEL LYNN SCISNEYPrivate First Class · April 13, 1967
- ROY EARL SHULTS JRSenior Master Sergeant · April 13, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN TAYLORLance Corporal · April 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DUFFY BLACKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 21
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.