World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Ray C. Walters
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Beloit, Wisconsin
Honored By
Jan Bos
TECHNICAL SERGEANT, WAS CREW CHIEF OF C-47 42-5691 OF THE 14TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON, 61ST TROOP CARRIER GROUP. HIS UNIT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION HUSKY II (11 JULY 1943) IN SICILY, DROPPING PARATROOPERS OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION. AFTER THE PARATROOPERS HAD JUMPED, THE AIRPLANE WAS SHOT DOWN BY FRIENDLY FIRE. THE PLANE CRASHED NEAR COSTA. HE IS BURIED IN THE SICILY ROME CEMETERY, NETTUNO, ITALY.