[courtesy of "PatAnn"]

Grave marker for Walter P. Toler in Elk Hills Memorial Park, Big Chimney (Kanawha county), West Virginia.

Walter registered for the draft in Bim, WV on 31 March 1943 and was inducted into the Army on 18 August 1943.

Pfc Toler was transferred from the 551st PIR to Service Company, 508th PIR on 31 January 1945.  He was subsequently transferred to Company G on 2 February 1945.

On 16 February 1945, Pfc Toler was evacuated as a non-combat casualty.

He was transferred from the 6900th Reinforcement Depot to Company G on 10 June 1945.

Pfc Toler re-enlisted on 10 November 1945 and was discharged on 10 November 1948.

His military decorations include Bronze Service Arrowhead device awarded for the Southern France Campaign and Airborne Operations.