July 8, 1922 – November 27, 2005
Walter Ernst
Personal Information
Birthplace: St. Louis, Missouri
Service Information
Branch of Service: Army Air Corps
Theater of Operation: Other
Honored By: The Eisenhower Foundation
Biography
Walter J. Ernst was born to Justin and Daftna Johnson Ernst in 1922. He graduated from Chapman High School in Dickinson County, Kansas and attended York College in York, Nebraska. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. He married Laverna Bistline in 1945 in Bistline, Kansas. He worked for Ehrsams Foundry, Enterprise, and The Eisenhower Center, Abilene, KS. He and his wife had three children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Courtesy newspapers.com, findagrave.com
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