[courtesy of Dal Mallory]Grave marker for Walter E.
Hinson in Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery, Chiltons
(Westmoreland county), Virginia.
Walter
registered for the draft ca. 1943 at the mandatory age of 18.
He enlisted in the
army at Richmond, VA on 12 November 1943.
Pvt Hinson was transferred
from the 11th Replacement Depot to Hq 3rd, 508th PIR 10 August 1944.
Pfc
Hinson returned to the U.S. on 3 January 1946 aboard the Queen Mary. He
was listed as a member of 505th PIR at the time.
His military decorations
include the Bronze Service Arrowhead device awarded for the Holland
campaign and Airborne operations |