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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, Ed C
Date of birth
13 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Riverside County, California

Military service

Service number
39250501
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
311th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Honnef, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 6 57

Immediate family

Members
Aldridge G. Walker (father)

More information

T/4 Ed C. Walker enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 28 July 1942.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.
He was first buried at Block E-4, Row 4, Grave 75.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – James L. Cooper, Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten