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News | April 18, 2018

Soldier Missing From World War II Accounted For (Walker, J.)

By DPAA Public Affairs

Army Pfc. John H. Walker, missing from World War II, has now been accounted for.

On Nov. 24, 1944, Walker was a member of Company E, 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, when he was reported missing in action after his unit engaged in fierce fighting on Hill 207 near Schönthal, Germany in the Hürtgen Forest. With no evidence that Walker had been captured or survived combat, his status was changed to deceased on Nov. 25, 1945.

DPAA is grateful to Mr. Kueppers and the American Battle Monuments Commission for their partnership with this disinterment and recovery.

Interment services are pending; more details will be released 7-10 days prior to scheduled funeral services.

Walker’s name is recorded on the Tablets of the Missing at the Netherlands American Cemetery, an American Battle Monuments Commission in Margraten, along with the others missing from WWII. Although interred as an Unknown in Neuville American Cemetery, Walker’s grave was meticulously cared for over the past 70 years by the ABMC.A rosette will be placed next to his name to indicate he has been accounted for.

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