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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, Howard Earl
Date of birth
4 August 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Fries, Grayson County, Virginia
Hometown
Lynchburg, Campbell County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33128066
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
549th Bombardment Squadron,
385th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
10 October 1943
Place of death
Helhuizen-Holten, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 19 3

Immediate family

Members
Harvey D. Walker (father)
Edna G. (Webb) Walker (mother)
Elizabeth E. Walker (sister)
Rosa L. Walker (sister)
Edith F. Walker (sister)
Edna I. Walker (sister)
Virginia Walker (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3539
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Münster, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yard and canal
MACR: 826

More information

S/Sgt Howard E. Walker was employed at A. L. Fisher-Consolidated Textile Company.

He enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 18 July 1942.
The airplane was attacked by a Fw 190, which caused fire in #2 engine.

Four crew members were taken prisoner, three men evaded capture and three men were killed.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR 826, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census, Facebookpage Shaneyfelt - Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Peter Schouteten