World War II Honoree

Vernon B. Walters

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Timpson, Texas

Honored By

Larry Hume

JOINED THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES ON AUGUST 15, 1939 AT BARKSDALE FIELD, LOUISIANA. SENT TO THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS NOVEMBER 1941 AND CAPTURED WHEN THE FORCES AT BATAAN SURRENDERED TO THE JAPANESE. HE DID NOT SURVIVE THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH. HE WAS CLASSIFIED MISSING IN ACTION UNTIL HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED NEAR CAMP O'DONNELL IN 1948. HIS BODY WAS RETURNED TO HIS FAMILY IN TIMPSON, TEXAS AND WAS BURIED WITH FULL MILITARY HONORS IN THE WOODLAWN CEMETERY ON NOVEMBER 3, 1948.