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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
A Company,
1st Battalion,
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
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 enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 30 March 1942. He was a Paxton Community High School graduate in 1942. Son of Mrs. Neva Walker of Detroit, Mich.

Pfc Benjamin P. Walker was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block YYY, Row 8, Grave 151.

Source of information: Frank van Lunteren, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, 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