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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, Joe D
Date of birth
22 November 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Moore County, Tennessee
Hometown
Moore County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
44041983
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 May 1945
Place of death
Near Furth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 29 28

Immediate family

Members
Jesse M. Walker (father)
Minnie E. (Copeland) Walker (mother)
Fenton M. Walker (brother)
Jesse C. Walker (brother)
Susie Walker (sister)
William F. Walker (brother)
Wendell H. Walker (brother)
Charles L. Walker (brother)
James E. Walker (brother)
John B. Walker (brother)
Bertha E. Walker (sister)
Elsie M. Walker (sister)

More information

Pfc Joe D. Walker was a general farmer before he enlisted in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 14 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - HM
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - H.W. Moses