The Walker Family Archive

Harry James Walker and the War in Europe

Detail recording T/SGT Rifle N.C.O. (745)
EvidenceDocumentedSupported by identified documentary evidence.

Military story · World War II

Harry’s Army records document a rifle NCO and platoon sergeant in combat during 1945. The unit record supplies a wider frame, while the archive keeps each evidence level visible.

Detail recording T/SGT Rifle N.C.O. (745)
Direct evidence. Harry’s Form 100 records T/SGT Rifle N.C.O., MOS 745.

Direct record

Form 53-55 places Harry in Company A, 309th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division. Form 100 describes him supervising several squads in attacking and holding enemy positions during 1945.

Unit context

Company A and 1st Battalion records document operations in the Hürtgen area, at Schwammenauel Dam, in the Remagen bridgehead, and during April 1945. Harry’s personal presence in each action remains unconfirmed.

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