World War II Honoree
Killed In Action
Herman R. Walters
Branch of Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Hometown
Greeley, Colorado
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Private First Class. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps May 26, 1943 at Denver, Colorado. Following his Basic Military Training at the Marine Corps Base in San Diego, California and completed infantry training at Camp Pendleton Oceanside, California. And along with any additional training; he was deployed to the Northwestern Pacific Theater of Operations. He served with Echo Company as a Rifleman, assigned to the Second Battalion, Eighth Marines and an element of the Second Marine Division. His division participated in the amphibious assault, and occupation of Saipan Island. On Monday, June 19, 1944 he was mortally wounded, during offensive operations against the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces. Personnel from a Graves Registration Company buried him in the Second Marine Division Saipan Battlefield Cemetery. In the post-war era, this Marines’ family requested that he be buried with Military Honors in the Linn Grove Cemetery, located at Greeley, Colorado. In his Memory and Honor, this American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.