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Douglas Alexander Walker

Personal Data:

Birth Date: April 29, 1943

Birth Place: Broughty Ferry, Scotland

Race: Caucasian

Religion: Protestant

U.S. Citizen: Yes

Father's Name: Douglas Walker

Mother's Name: Hannah Hagan (Wilson) Walker

Sibling Names:

Marital Status: Married

Wife's Name: Christel A. (unknown) Walker

Offspring Names: Rodney A. Walker

Education:

School Attended: Trade High School, Springfield, Massachusetts

School Start Date: September 7, 1959

(moved to Ludlow, Massachusetts, March 15, 1961)

High School Diploma: Unknown

Selective Service Data:

SSS Local Board Number: 78

SSS Local Board Location: Springfield, Massachusetts

SSS Registration Date: May 22, 1961

SSS Registrant Description: 6' 1"/165 pounds/brown hair/blue eyes

Military Service Record:

Entry Date: June 27, 1961

Entry Mode: Enlistment

Entry Location: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts

Home Of Record: Indian Orchard, Massachusetts

Military Branch: Army

Military Component: Reserve

Rank: Chief Warrant Officer

Rank Abbrev: CW2

Pay Grade: W2

MOS: 062B

MOS Title: Helicopter Pilot, Utility and Light Cargo Single Rotor

Awards Received:

Distinguished Flying Cross; Air Medal with three Silver and one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster; Purple Heart Medal; Good Conduct Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Vietnam Service Medal with three Bronze Service Stars; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal; Vietnam Military Merit Medal; Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation

Badges Earned:

Army Aviator Badge; Driver/Mechanic Badge with "W" Bar; Marksman Badge with Pistol Bar

Length Of Service: 6 years

Southeast Asia Tour Data:

Date Tour Commenced: October 28, 1967

Major Command: 1st Aviation Brigade

Sub Command 1: 17th Aviation Group

Sub Command 2: 17th Cavalry, 7th Squadron

Sub Command 3: Troop A

Base Location: Camp Enari, Dak To

Vehicle/Equipment Type: OH-6A helicopter

Vehicle/Equipment S/N: 66-7806

Army Campaign Number: 5th

Army Campaign Name: Counteroffensive, Phase III

Casualty Data:

Casualty Date: May 18, 1968

Casualty Time: 0940

Co-Casualties:

Died in 1971 from wounds received on May 18, 1968: SGT Henry Jackson, Aerial Observer

Casualty Age: 25

Casualty Data 1: Hostile

Casualty Data 2: Helicopter Pilot

Casualty Data 3: Air Loss-Crash On Land

Casualty Province: Kontum Province

Casualty Country: South Vietnam

Casualty Grid Coordinates: YB 835 285

Located In Or Near: 20 miles WNW Dak To

Body: Recovered

Burial/Memorial:

Burial Location:

Burial Plot Location:

Burial Date: July 13, 1968

Consigned Funeral Home: Ratell Funeral Home, Indian Orchard, Massachusetts

Escort Name: CW2 Robert S. Kashimoto, USA

Springfield 50 Casualty Order: 22nd

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel Number: 63E

Line Number: 3

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