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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, John Cleve
Date of birth
15 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Hazard, Perry County, Kentucky
Hometown
Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35080772
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 January 1945
Place of death
Harlange, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 8 63

Immediate family

Members
Cleveland Walker (father)
Minta (Sumner) Walker (mother)
Elmer Walker (brother)
Fred Walker (brother)
William B. Walker (brother)
Mabel G. Walker (sister)
Roy Walker (brother)
John C. Walker (brother)
Ruth Walker (sister)
Jerry B. Walker (brother)
Paul Walker (brother)
George W. Walker (brother)
Ruth V. (Sullivan) Walker (wife)
John C. Walker (son)
Dixie R. Walker (daughter)

More information

Pvt John C. Walker attended high school for four years and was a pressman and plate printer before he enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 12 April 1944.

He died in a field hospital from the effects of shell fragments in his ribs and spleen.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Sullivan Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - ragdoll