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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, Benjamin Pershing
Date of birth
13 December 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Paxton Township, Ford County, Illinois
Hometown
Ford County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
16077365
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Medical Aidman
Unit
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division,
Medical Detachment
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Near the Wilsam Brook between Neuhof and Frauenkron
Mertesrott Heights, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 11 34

Immediate family

Members
Neva Walker (mother)
Willie Walker (brother)
Velma Walker (sister)
Vernon Walker (brother)
Karie Walker (sister)

More information

Pfc Benjamin P. Walker graduated from Paxton Community High School in 1942 and was a machine operator.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of Army of the United States in Chicago, Illinois on 30 March 1942 and was later transferred to the paratroopers.

Source of information: Frank van Lunteren, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Paxton Carnegie Library / Paxton High School Year Book - 1941