USMC History: Was with Easy Co. from Dec.1950 to November 1951; was 2^nd Squad Leader, 2^nd Platoon, was wounded and returned to duty.  In the USMC for four and one-half years plus 8 years inactive and standby

Highest Rank: Sgt.

Units/Campaigns/Operations:

North and East Korea Campaigns

Most memorable moment

Being with all my buddies    

Career After USMC

Weapons Inspector for Boeing Corporation on the Minuteman Missile Silo’s, Forest Service, School Bus Driver, Custodian at Latter Day Saints Church

Family Information

Married fifty years, three girls and two boys, thirteen grandchildren and nine Great-grandchildren.  Walters Father was in the Marines from 1912 to 1920 and his brother Victor was a Marine from 1941 to 1945.

Hobbies: Basket Making

Walters statement at the bottom of his letter:

Once a Marine, always a Marine!

(Walter is remembered fondly by several of the Marines who served under him)