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John Raymond Walker
Specialist Six
CORPS HHC, XXIV CORPS, USARV Army of the United States Rochester, New Hampshire November 29, 1945 to March 20, 1972 JOHN R WALKER is on the Wall at Panel W2, Line 117 |
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7 Sep 2001
This is a memorial to a man who dedicated his life to the service of his country. Enlisting in the Army at 17, it was his ambition to retire from the service and he had re-enlisted for eight years just prior to his tour in Vietnam. I met him when he was stationed at Fort Lee, Va. I was a 16 year old "hippie" and I used to rag him about dressing so square. He was 25 and stuck in the fifties thing. He could have passed for Elvis except for the strawberry blonde hair. I enjoyed his company immensely. The last time I saw him he informed me he was going to Vietnam. At 16, you don't really realize the implications of this. No one dies when you're 16. He said he was going to visit his parents for two weeks before he left and asked if I wanted to go. I declined. I figured I'd see him when he got back. I figured wrong. |
Rochester Gl, 26, Dies in War Zone
Tuesday, March 28, 1972 Nashua Telegraph, New Hampshire, Page 1 Army Spec. 6 John H. Walker, 26, of Rochester has died in southeast Asia, bringing New Hampshire's toll in the war to 23S. The Pentagon Monday changed Walker's listing from missing to "dead-nonhostile." Walker, a helicopter gunner, was an eight-year Army veteran. He also had served as a communications lineman and a general's aide. He was the son of Mrs. Evonne and Mr. Hubert Walker (1928-2000). Walker was the eighth serviceman from Rochester to die in the war. SP6 John Raymond Wallker is buried in Rochester Cemetery, Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire.
- - The Virtual Wall, November 16, 2019
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This is a memorial to a man who dedicated his life to the service of his country. Enlisting in the Army at 17, it was his ambition to retire from the service and he had re-enlisted for eight years just prior to his tour in Vietnam. I met him when he was stationed at Fort Lee, Va. I was a 16 year old "hippie" and I used to rag him about dressing so square. He was 25 and stuck in the fifties thing. He could have passed for Elvis except for the strawberry blonde hair. I enjoyed his company immensely. The last time I saw him he informed me he was going to Vietnam. At 16, you don't really realize the implications of this. No one dies when you're 16. He said he was going to visit his parents for two weeks before he left and asked if I wanted to go. I declined. I figured I'd see him when he got back. I figured wrong. |
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