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THOMAS WALKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1934 – July 26, 1966
Service recordThomas Walker, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 79
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- DANNY WAYNE WANAMAKERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- JAMES WILFORD COLLINSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- PELLUM BRYANT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 77
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 77
- DANNY WAYNE WANAMAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 79
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.