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WALTER LEWIS WALKER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1932 – July 8, 1970
Service recordWalter Lewis Walker, of Stapleton, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 1
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1932
- Home of record
- Stapleton, Georgia (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 1
- DONALD BRUCE THOMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · July 8, 1970
- JOHN LANIER WADSWORTHCaptain · July 8, 1970
- HERBERT DONALD BEMBOOMSergeant · July 9, 1970
- WILLIE BOZIER JRSergeant · July 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY JOE CRUSESergeant · Panel 9W, Line 129
- HAROLD LEROY FRANKSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JAMES EARL HUPPSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 131
- HARRY MCEWINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 131
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 132
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 133
- ALLEN RALPH STROUDStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 133
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.