Name: MAJ William John Walker
Status: Body Not Recovered from an incident on 04/20/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 33.4
Date of Birth: 11/21/1934
Home City: Riverside, CA
Service: regular component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: H&MS-16
Prior Unit: HMH-463 67-68
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 51E-014
Short Summary: In South Vietnam. See Cestare
Aircraft: UH-1E tail number 152436
Service number: 073919
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7564 = Pilot CH-53A/D Qualified
Primary cause: SVN-BNR
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 12
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: FT ROSECRANS NATIONAL CEMETERY, SAN DIEGO CA (IMO)
This record was last updated on 09/07/2009
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