Walter R. Williamson
Rank: Private First Class, U.S. Army
Serial: 12010250
Unit: 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Buried at: Union Cemetery, Powell Street, Gloucester City, New Jersey
Awards: Purple Heart
Biography
Private First Class Walter R. Williamson.
Private First Class Walter R. Williamson was born in 1919 to Walter and Harriet A. Williamson in Gloucester City, New Jersey. He was the oldest son and one of ten children. The Williamson family rented a home at 308 South Broadway in Gloucester City for many years, and later moved to 326 Hunter Street. His father worked as a tool inspector for the railroad.
After dropping out of high school after his first year, Walter Williamson enlisted in the United States Army on April 10, 1940, at Camden, New Jersey. He died of wounds received during the fighting in North Africa on March 24, 1943. He was 23 years old. His death was reported in the April 3, 1943 edition of the Camden Courier-Post.
Walter Williamson was brought home to the United States aboard the USAT Barney Kirschbaum in May of 1948. He was buried at Union Cemetery in Gloucester City on May 29, 1948.
Gloucester City Hero's Rites Tomorrow
Camden Courier-Post —
Services for Pfc. Walter R. Williamson, of 326 Hunter street, Gloucester City, will be held tomorrow at 2 p. m. in the funeral home of Warren R. Parker, 523 Cumberland street, Gloucester City, where friends may call to night. Burial will be in Union cemetery, with military honors by Townsend C. Young post 3620, VFW, and Gloucester post 135, American Legion.
Private Williamson was 23 when he was killed in North Africa, March 24, 1943. Surviving are his parents, Walter and Harriet A., five sisters, Pearl, Sadie, and Mrs. Roy Stanley, all Gloucester; Mrs. William Revens, Grenloch, and Mrs. Albert Taylor, Magnolia, and four brothers, Theodore, William, Arthur and Horace, all Gloucester.