Walter served as a Second Lieutenant. and Pilot, 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Carroll County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 13, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Married.
Walter died in the "Line Of Duty" in a Non-Battle related incident during the war. He was previously awarded the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters.
His remains were repatriated here from North Africa in May, 1948.
Service # O-733890
Son of Walter Lee Hoke and Hilda C. Hoke.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Frederick Post, September 18, 1948:
It was noted in his death announcement that he had applied for enlistment shortly after Pearl Harbor, but had been turned down for being married. After the military later amended that rule, he successfully submitted his enlistment.
Burial and Info supplied by:
Joe & Linda (Ashley) Conroy
He resided in Carroll County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 13, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Married.
Walter died in the "Line Of Duty" in a Non-Battle related incident during the war. He was previously awarded the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters.
His remains were repatriated here from North Africa in May, 1948.
Service # O-733890
Son of Walter Lee Hoke and Hilda C. Hoke.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Frederick Post, September 18, 1948:
It was noted in his death announcement that he had applied for enlistment shortly after Pearl Harbor, but had been turned down for being married. After the military later amended that rule, he successfully submitted his enlistment.
Burial and Info supplied by:
Joe & Linda (Ashley) Conroy
Walter served as a Second Lieutenant. and Pilot, 49th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Carroll County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 13, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Married.
Walter died in the "Line Of Duty" in a Non-Battle related incident during the war. He was previously awarded the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters.
His remains were repatriated here from North Africa in May, 1948.
Service # O-733890
Son of Walter Lee Hoke and Hilda C. Hoke.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Frederick Post, September 18, 1948:
It was noted in his death announcement that he had applied for enlistment shortly after Pearl Harbor, but had been turned down for being married. After the military later amended that rule, he successfully submitted his enlistment.
Burial and Info supplied by:
Joe & Linda (Ashley) Conroy
He resided in Carroll County, Maryland prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 13, 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was noted as being employed as a Farm Hand and also as Married.
Walter died in the "Line Of Duty" in a Non-Battle related incident during the war. He was previously awarded the Air Medal and four Oak Leaf Clusters.
His remains were repatriated here from North Africa in May, 1948.
Service # O-733890
Son of Walter Lee Hoke and Hilda C. Hoke.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Frederick Post, September 18, 1948:
It was noted in his death announcement that he had applied for enlistment shortly after Pearl Harbor, but had been turned down for being married. After the military later amended that rule, he successfully submitted his enlistment.
Burial and Info supplied by:
Joe & Linda (Ashley) Conroy
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