Soldier Details

Division:

Army
, 
52nd Signal Battalion

Highest Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Theater of Operation:

Pacific

Served:

Aug 16, 1943 - Jan 10, 1946

Honored By:

Kathleen and David Higley

Biography

Walt was born and raised in Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army from August 16, 1943, to January 10, 1946. His basic training was at the Western Signal Corps School at Camp Davis, California. Walt then was deployed during World War II with the 52nd Signal Battalion to the Southwest Pacific in New Guinea and the Philippines. 

Walt returned to Iowa, where he married Mary Catherine Weathers. Walt and Mary then moved to Nebraska, where Walt was a manager for the Goodyear Tire Company. Walt and Mary were the parents of eight children: James, Jean, Kathleen, Gerald, Michael, Mary Ellen, Janice, and Sharon.