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WILLIE B WALKER JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 3, 1949 – January 2, 1970
Service recordWillie B Walker JR, of Cordele, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 2, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 120
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Cordele, Georgia (Crisp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 120
- KENNETH HAYES MCLENDONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- BARNEY MCCOY SMITHPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- DALLAS RAY SNODGRASSCorporal · January 2, 1970
- EDDIE LEE SPIVEYSergeant First Class · January 2, 1970
From Cordele
- JOHNNIE WILLIAM FAIRCLOTHStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- MARVIN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- BOBBY VERNON HAYSLIPStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1967
- VERNON MEANSSergeant · November 13, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL BECKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · June 25, 1971
- CHARLES EDWARD GREENEPetty Officer First Class · February 3, 1972
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.