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WILLIE WALKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 20, 1945 – December 30, 1966
Service recordWillie Walker, of Clayton, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Clayton, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 103
- EDWARD IRWIN STARRCaptain · December 30, 1966
- JAREL WAYNE AYERSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- ZACKRIE BROOKINS JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1966
- MARCELI CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 31, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ERIC C MAGNUSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 102
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.