William John Walker

Vietnam War
UnitHeadquarters and Maintenance Squadron 16
RankMajor U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromRiverside California
Date of DeathApril 20 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Major Walker was a member of Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron 16, Marine Air Group 16, 1st Marine Air Wing. On April 20, 1968, he was co-pilot of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1E) on a search and destroy mission over South Vietnam. During a gun run his aircraft crashed. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.