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TROY LEE WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1949 – September 3, 1969
Service recordTroy Lee Walker, of Corinth, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Corinth, Mississippi (Alcorn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 30
- LEROY RUTHERFORDCorporal · September 3, 1969
- BEN FREDERICK SUTTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 3, 1969
- ALLEN JOHN VANFREDENBERGSergeant · September 3, 1969
- CHARLES BUTNER WALKER JRLance Corporal · September 3, 1969
From Corinth
- BOBBY HUDSONSpecialist Four · December 10, 1966
- CLYDE RAYMOND PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1968
- PRINCE ARTHUR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY FRANKLIN NEWCOMBSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- GARY KENNETH LANNOMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
- GERHARD W C VANDERFORDSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- WEYMAN TERRY COOKSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- DOUGLAS EVERETT BYRDSpecialist Four · October 8, 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.