World War II Honoree

Walter Madden Pearce

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Bentonville, Arkansas

Honored By

Patricia A Payne

Relationship

Daughter

PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. SERVED IN THE ARMY AS A PARATROOPER WITH THE 17TH AIRBORNE INFANTRY DIVISION, JUNE 9, 1944 TO OCTOBER 7, 1946. QUALIFIED AS A RIFLE SHARPSHOOTER JUNE 24, 1944. CITATIONS INCLUDE THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION RIBBON, GERMANY VICTORY RIBBON AND OVERSEAS SERVICE BAR. FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE AND WAS IN THE HONOR GUARD FOR GENERAL EISENHOWER IN BERLIN.