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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, David Francis Jr
Date of birth
20 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Rhode Island
Hometown
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
31384952
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stadkyll - Junkerath, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 7 42

Immediate family

Members
David F. Walker (father)
Amanda M. (Vieweg) Walker (mother)
Catherine E. Walker (sister)

More information

Pfc David F. Walker Jr. enlisted in Providence, Rhode Island on 14 June 1943.
He worked in a factory before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949 / Jackson-Nickle and Related Families Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet