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WINSTON CHARLES WALKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1943 – April 5, 1970
Service recordWinston Charles Walker, of Stovall, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 99
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Stovall, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 99
- PAUL EDWARD THOMASSergeant · April 5, 1970
- STEVEN MICHAEL TORREYCorporal · April 5, 1970
- STEPHEN JOHN ALSUPSpecialist Four · April 6, 1970
- RUIZ FRANCISCO J BORREGOPrivate First Class · April 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH NORMAN BAILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 95
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.