Casselberry Walter Frank

Monuments

The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan

Name:

Walter Frank Casselberry

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

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Date of Death:

1944-10-04

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Gettysburg National Cemetery, Pennsylvania

Plot:

Section 1

Row:

Grave:

187

Decoration:

Comments:

Walter Frank Casselberry was born on January 1, 1907 in Altoona, Blair County, Pennsylvania. He was a son of Edward John Casselberry and Mary E. "McGinley" Casselberry. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on July 11, 1942 at Altoona, Pennsylvania. Walter served as a Staff Sergeant in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was killed in action in China on October 4, 1944 and is now buried in the Gettysburg National Cemetery, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.

He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China but death date is inscribed as 1944-10-03.