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WALTER ALBERT WILKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1947 – May 19, 1967
Service recordWalter Albert Wilks, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 52
- CHARLES BRYANT WATSON JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DALE EUGENE WAYRYNENSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- JOE PETE WOODEN JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID ALEXANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VERNON LEE HENKEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 44
- RICHARD PETER HILGARTPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 44
- CHARLES RUSSELL RHUEPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 48
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.