World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Walter S. Forbes
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Gastonia, North Carolina
Honored By
A Grateful American
He served as a Private First Class in WWII with the 100th Infantry Division (Century Division), 398th Infantry Regiment, Second Battalion, Company E, in the European Theater of Operations. Wounded in Action, he was awarded the Purple Heart.