US PARAS Walker, James William

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Walker ​

• FORENAME

James William ​

• UNIT

506 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company I) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

14134659 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

10th June 1944 ​

• AGE

22​

• GRAVESITE

Happy Valley Memorial Park, Elizabethton, Tennesee, USA.​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Hampton, Carter County, Tennessee​

born 17.03.1922 Knoxville, Tennessee​

father Joseph F. Walker (1893-1989)​

mother Grace (nee Baker) Walker (1902-1966)​

from Hamilton County, Texas (National Memorial) (error)​

4 years high school​

civil occupation semiskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles​

married upon enlistment​

31.08.1942 entered service Camp Forrest, Tennessee​

KIA Normandy ​

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James W. Walker

James William Walker, PFC, 506th PIR, Co. I, was from Tennessee (not Texas) - specifically, he was born in Knoxville and his parents lived in Hampton, Carter County, Tennessee at the time of his enlistment.