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WILLIAM WAYMAN WALKER
Captain · U.S. Army
March 6, 1937 – August 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam Wayman Walker, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 95
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 6, 1937
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1970
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 95
- SAMMY PINA RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · August 8, 1970
- WILLIAM MANUEL SCANLONSergeant · August 8, 1970
- GARY DAVID SENGSTOCKStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1970
- JOL NEBANE SMITHFirst Lieutenant · August 8, 1970
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.