Name:
William R. Walton
Rank:
Private
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Unit:
18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-09
State:
Connecticut
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
Tablets of the Missing
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Grave:
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Comments:
William R. Walton was born in 1894 in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Private in Machine Gun Company, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action but declared "Missing" on October 9, 1918 and is memorialized on Tablets of the Missing, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.
Service records: Co 8 Bn 152 Dep Brig to May 2/18; Co A 303 Inf to Aug 6/ 18; Co B 162 Inf to Aug 14/18; MG Co 18 Inf to death.