World War II Honoree

Robert Warren Walling

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Lockport, Illinois

Honored By

Mary A. Walling

Relationship

Wife

ENTERED SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1942. TRAINED AT CAMP BOWIE, TEXAS. ASSIGNED TO THE 745TH TANK BATTALION. SENT TO ENGLAND AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE 1ST DIVISION. LANDED ON OMAHA BEACH AND WENT ON THROUGH FRANCE, BELGIUM, GERMANY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA. EARNED 5 BATTLE STARS. DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER OF 1945 AT CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA.