The Walker Family Archive
Family Branch: Walker
Muskegon, Michigan
Muskegon, Michigan, United States
Fort Sheridan, Illinois
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, United States
Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, United States
Enlisted Record and Report of Separation — Honorable Discharge
WD AGO Form 53-55
Separation Qualification Record
WD AGO Form 100
Service Book of Scripture, Prayer and Hymns
Harry’s small blue wartime service book, preserved through family custody. Authenticated photography is still needed.
The T/SGT-to-PVT Rank Chronology
Harry’s records establish both Technical Sergeant service and Private status, but not when or why the grade changed.
Locating Harry’s Combat Infantryman Badge Order
The badge is recorded on Harry’s separation form; the original award order has not yet been located.
Reconstructing Harry Walker’s Service in Company A
Morning reports are needed to place Harry within Company A’s 1945 chronology and identify his platoon.
Harry James Walker and the War in Europe
Direct Army records document Harry as a rifle NCO and platoon sergeant; unit records provide carefully labeled context for Company A’s war in Europe.