James Franklin Walker
Private First Class, U.S. Army
James Franklin Walker
Private First Class, U.S. Army
Service Number RA 18 273 023
July 18, 1932 - January 26, 1962
Dates of Service:
June 20, 1949 to February 24, 1950 and
March 17, 1959 to January 26, 1962
Assigned to Company A,
2nd Regiment, 35th Armored Division,
Fort Hood, Texas
Died on January 26, 1962
Brook General Hospital, Fort Sam Houston,
San Antonio, Texas, See Note 1
Listed as "Died In The Line of Duty"
Burial Location:
Hobart Rose Cemetery, Hobart, Oklahoma
As listed in FindAGrave.com Memorial 23966840
Awards:
(Research Pending on Full List of Awards, Medals and Qualification Badges)
Army
Good Conduct
Medal
National
Defense
Service Medal
These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
U.S. Army Good Conduct Medal Awarded for exemplary behavior, efficiency, and fidelity in active Federal military service. It is awarded on a selective basis to each Soldier who distinguishes himself or herself
from among his or her fellow Soldiers by their exemplary conduct, efficiency, and fidelity throughout a specified period of continuous enlisted active Federal military service.
National Defense Service Medal Awarded awarded to recognize honorable active military service during periods of conflict or national crisis.
Designated U.S. Military Operations:
Korean Conflict June 27, 1950 - July 27, 1954
Vietnam Conflict January 1, 1961 - August 14, 1974
PFC James F. Walker was born July 18, 1932 in Oklahoma
Son of Herman J Walker
and Mabel Mae Dell Willis Walker
He voluntarily enlisted into the US Army from the state of Oklahoma,
Enlisting on June 20, 1949.
On the morning of January 9, 1962 Private First Class James Walker was a passenger on an Army five-ton truck on route to a training area at Fort Hood, Texas.
In the early morning darkness the five-ton truck collided with an Army M-48 Tank. The impact punctured and ripped the 70-gallon gasoline tank from the truck and resulted in a fire
that killed five soldiers and injuring 22 others, three seriously. PFC Walker was one of the three seriously injured soldiers.
On January 11th PFC Walker and eleven other injuried soldiers were airlifted from Fort Hood Army Medical Center to Brooke Army Medical Center on Fort Sam Houston.
Despite the best medical care available, James Franklin Walker died on January 26, 1962.
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