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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, John Aaron
Date of birth
12 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Webster County, Mississippi
Hometown
Fame, Webster County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34981127
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
German-Luxembourg border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 25

Immediate family

Members
James F. Walker (father)
Ada H. (Huffman) Walker (mother)
Carrie M. Walker (sister)
Vera F. Walker (sister)
Naomi Walker (sister)
Floyd O. Walker (brother)
Etha L. Walker (sister)
Esla E. Walker (sister)
James W. Walker (brother)

More information

Pvt John A. Walker enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 24 February 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosser, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - James Palmer Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Georganne Faulkner Schuch (great-niece), They Speak-Voices of Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery