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Personal info

Full name
WALDEN, Johnnie L
Date of birth
19 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Shawnee, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Merkel, Taylor County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38633572
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 March 1945
Place of death
Near Köningsbrück, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charles M. Walden (father)
Minnie M. (Halbert) Walden (mother)
Mary M. Walden (sister)
Joel W. Walden (brother)
Edwin L. Walden (brother)
Olive L. Walden (sister)
Charles A. Walden (brother)
Alice M. Walden (sister)
Milton O. Walden (brother)
James L. Walden (brother)
Eululia A. (Northcutt) Walden (wife)
Minnie O. Walden (daughter)
Johnny C. Walden (son)

More information

Pvt Johnnie L. Walden worked on a farm before he enlisted on 20 August 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Wallen Family Tree, www.findagrave.com - Paula J, www.newspapers.com - Abilene Reporter News Texas 13 July 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Have Paws will travel / Paula J, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Taylor County, Texas