Second Lt. Leslie R. Walker, who had been reported missing over Germany following a mission last April 29, was killed in action his family was notified officially Thursday. Lt. Walker was a bombardier on the Flying Fortress “Mairzy Doats” when he went overseas last March.
On the completion of his five missions he was presented with the Ari Medal in recognition of “exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in five separate bomber combat missions over enemy occupied continental Europe.”
Lt. Walker was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Walker of South Fork. He graduated from Centennial High School in Pueblo in 1941. He enlisted in the air corps shortly after his eighteenth birthday in 1942 and received his commission on June 19, 1943. His training was finished in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frankie Bell of Los Angeles and Mrs. Merle Moore, Pueblo. His father, H. E. Walker, is a veteran of World War I.
From an unidentified news clipping found in a scrap book in the Rio Grande County Museum, Del Norte, Colorado - courtesy of Rosalind Weaver.
On the completion of his five missions he was presented with the Ari Medal in recognition of “exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in five separate bomber combat missions over enemy occupied continental Europe.”
Lt. Walker was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Walker of South Fork. He graduated from Centennial High School in Pueblo in 1941. He enlisted in the air corps shortly after his eighteenth birthday in 1942 and received his commission on June 19, 1943. His training was finished in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frankie Bell of Los Angeles and Mrs. Merle Moore, Pueblo. His father, H. E. Walker, is a veteran of World War I.
From an unidentified news clipping found in a scrap book in the Rio Grande County Museum, Del Norte, Colorado - courtesy of Rosalind Weaver.
Second Lt. Leslie R. Walker, who had been reported missing over Germany following a mission last April 29, was killed in action his family was notified officially Thursday. Lt. Walker was a bombardier on the Flying Fortress “Mairzy Doats” when he went overseas last March.
On the completion of his five missions he was presented with the Ari Medal in recognition of “exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in five separate bomber combat missions over enemy occupied continental Europe.”
Lt. Walker was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Walker of South Fork. He graduated from Centennial High School in Pueblo in 1941. He enlisted in the air corps shortly after his eighteenth birthday in 1942 and received his commission on June 19, 1943. His training was finished in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frankie Bell of Los Angeles and Mrs. Merle Moore, Pueblo. His father, H. E. Walker, is a veteran of World War I.
From an unidentified news clipping found in a scrap book in the Rio Grande County Museum, Del Norte, Colorado - courtesy of Rosalind Weaver.
On the completion of his five missions he was presented with the Ari Medal in recognition of “exceptionally meritorious achievement while participating in five separate bomber combat missions over enemy occupied continental Europe.”
Lt. Walker was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Walker of South Fork. He graduated from Centennial High School in Pueblo in 1941. He enlisted in the air corps shortly after his eighteenth birthday in 1942 and received his commission on June 19, 1943. His training was finished in Alexandria, Louisiana.
Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Frankie Bell of Los Angeles and Mrs. Merle Moore, Pueblo. His father, H. E. Walker, is a veteran of World War I.
From an unidentified news clipping found in a scrap book in the Rio Grande County Museum, Del Norte, Colorado - courtesy of Rosalind Weaver.
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