World War II Honoree

Walter Vernon Gresham, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Portsmouth, Virginia

Honored By

McVMI 1943

Relationship

Classmate

HE ATTENDED THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE WITH THE CLASS OF 1943. ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE, HE BECAME AN AIR CORPS PILOT. AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS (5), 13 AIR MEDALS, JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL, AIR FORCE COMMENDATION MEDAL (2), NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL (2), THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE, THE WARSAW UPRISING CROSS AND THE ARMY OCCUPATION SERVICE MEDAL. HE LEFT THE AIR FORCE AS A COLONEL.