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GLOUCESTER
SOLDIER DIES OF HEART ATTACK
Walter
Walker, 38, of 914 Kohler Street, Gloucester City, a private in the U.S.
Army Air Force, died suddenly from a heart attack in Atlantic City on
Thursday, (November 12, 1942). He was inducted at Fort Dix with a large
group of selectees from the Gloucester area two weeks ago. He was
transferred to Atlantic City a few days later and was a member of the 611th
school squadron. He was stricken suddenly on Thursday night and died a few
minutes later.
Private Walker was a foreman at the plant of the
Hinde-Dauch Company, Gloucester City, seven years before his induction. He
is survived by his mother, Sophie, a sister, Mrs. Elsie Handwerker, of
Gloucester, and two brothers, Robert and Theodore, of Philadelphia.
Funeral services will be held today at 1:00 PM at the
Etherington funeral home, 700 Powell Street, Gloucester. Burial will be at
Greenmount Cemetery, Philadelphia PA |
