Walter Walker
Rank: Private, U.S. Army Air Force
Serial: 32367036
Unit: 611th School Squadron
Entered service from: New Jersey
Died:
Buried at: Greenmount Cemetery, 4301 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gloucester Soldier Dies of Heart Attack
Courier-Post —
Walter Walker, 38, of 914 Kohler Street, Gloucester City, a private in the U.S. Army Air Force, died suddenly from a heart attack in Atlantic City on Thursday, November 12, 1942. He was inducted at Fort Dix with a large group of selectees from the Gloucester area two weeks ago. He was transferred to Atlantic City a few days later and was a member of the 611th School Squadron. He was stricken suddenly on Thursday night and died a few minutes later.
Private Walker was a foreman at the plant of the Hinde-Dauch Company, Gloucester City, seven years before his induction. He is survived by his mother, Sophie, a sister, Mrs. Elsie Handwerker, of Gloucester, and two brothers, Robert and Theodore, of Philadelphia.
Funeral services will be held today at 1:00 PM at the Etherington funeral home, 700 Powell Street, Gloucester. Burial will be at Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.