Name:
Walter Coble
Rank:
Private First Class
Serial Number:
434402
Unit:
21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division
Date of Death:
1944-08-11
State:
North Carolina
Cemetery:
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA
Plot:
Courts of the Missing
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Walter Coble was born on February 29, 1924, in Randolph County, North Carolina. He was the son of Walter Tyson Coble and Bessie Lee Cranford Coble.
He served in Company A, 1st Battalion, 21st Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as a Private First Class during World War II. He was declared Missing in Action on August 11, 1944, during the Battle for Guam.