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Personal info

Full name
WALKER, Henry Russell
Date of birth
5 June 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Chamois, Osage County, Missouri
Hometown
Lexington, Lafayette County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
O1325621
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 21

Immediate family

Members
Joseph G. Walker (father)
Ivy M. (Laughlin) Walker (mother)
Anna N. Walker (sister)
Mary F. Walker (sister)
Harry E. Walker (brother)
Ruby P. Walker (sister)
Josephine M. Walker (sister)
James T. Walker (brother)
Katherine E. Walker (sister)
Dorothy L. Walker (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Henry R. Walker graduated from the Mercy Academy with Salutatorian Honors.
He joined the National Guard in Marshall, Saline County, Missouri on 23 December 1940.

He was reported lightly wounded in action and brought to an unknown hospital on 26 September. At that time E Company seized and held a position in the vicinity of Lyer, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Claude Harold Willard Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com – Julie Willard Fairchild