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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, James
Date of birth
1912
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Adair County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
20830134
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 January 1945
Place of death
Near Reipertswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 31 63

Immediate family

Members
Henry Walker (father)
Richard Walker (brother)
Oliver Walker (brother)
Dick Walker (brother)
Solomon Walker (brother)

More information

Pfc James Walker attended high school for 4 years and was a carpenter before he joined the National Guard in Tahlequah, Oklahoma on 16 September 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy