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WILLIAM GREGORY WALKER II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – September 2, 1970
Service recordWilliam Gregory Walker II, of Euclid, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 35
- EDWARD PAUL DEIBEL IIISpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- RUFO SANTOS SANNICOLASLance Corporal · September 2, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WEIDLEPrivate First Class · September 2, 1970
- RONNIE CHAVISPrivate First Class · September 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JAMES WEIDLEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 35
From Euclid
- RAYMOND MICHAEL CHASSERPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- LLOYD ANDREW SELLERS IIISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE BLASKISSeaman · July 29, 1967
- LAWRENCE GEORGE STAPLETONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSergeant · September 29, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · August 8, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD LOTHMANSpecialist Four · October 4, 1968
- DAVID ALAN GAUCHLance Corporal · January 14, 1969
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.