Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Rockford, Illinois
Honored By
Dorothy Porth & Dennis Hedrick
Relationship
Sister & Son
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, COMBAT INFANTRYMAN BADGE, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT AR600-68 AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. WOUNDED IN RHINELAND ON NOVEMBER 13, 1944. WALT WAS DISCHARGED ON NOVEMBER 10, 1945.