World War II Honoree

Walter L. Moran

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Waverly, Tennessee

Honored By

Betty Moran Hamm

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED U.S. ARMY AT CAMP SHELBY, MISSISSIPPI ON MARCH 8, 1944. SERVED WITH COMPANY A, 309TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 78TH INFANTRY DIVISION. LEFT FOR DEAD NEAR SIMMERATH, GERMANY WHEN SHOT THROUGH THE CENTER OF CHEST BY GERMAN WHO STEPPED FROM BEHIND A TREE AS BATTLE OF THE BULGE BEGAN. HE WAS AWARDED COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, PURPLE HEART, BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. DISCHARGED ON JUNE 18, 1945 AT U.S. ARMY WELCH CONVALESCENCE CENTER DAYTONA, FLORIDA.