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WAYNE HOWARD WALKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 13, 1949 – December 24, 1969
Service recordWayne Howard Walker, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 92
- WILLIAM ANTHONY THEISENSergeant · December 24, 1969
- WILBERT LEE GILLESPIEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1969
- HARRY RICHARD SINE JRPrivate First Class · December 25, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL BOLANDSpecialist Four · December 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD ARTHUR CHRISTENSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 89
- GLENNON HAYWOODCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 90
- ELKER GURTH KATZSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 90
- WILLIAM ANTHONY THEISENSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 92
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
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.