World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Raymond G. Walter, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
New York
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE MARINE CORPS DECEMBER 23, 1942 AND ATTENDED BOOT CAMP AT THE MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT, PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS ASSIGNED TO K-COMPANY, 3RD BATTALION, 3RD MARINES, 3RD MARINE ‘FIGHTING THIRD’ DIVISION. PARTICIPATED IN THE BATTLE, ‘THE RECAPTURE OF GUAM’ CODE NAME: OPERATION FORAGER. LIBERATION DAY BEGAN AT 05:30 HOURS, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1944. KILLED IN ACTION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE ASSAULT AND WAS BURIED IN A BATTLEFIELD CEMETERY ON GUAM. AFTER THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES WITH JAPAN, HIS REMAINS WERE DISINTERRED AND TRANSFERRED TO OAHU, WITH INTERMENT IN THE HONOLULU NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC ‘PUNCHBOWL’, HAWAII. HE WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS SUPREME SACRIFICE IN DEFENSE OF HIS COUNTRY.