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ROSCOE H, WALKER

Missing:
 
 PVT. ROSCOE H. WALKER, of the paratroopers, has been missing in action since June 6 in France, his mother, Mrs. Ruby Walker, of 20 Milton avenue, S.E. was notified.
   Pvt. Walker entered the service October, 1940. He attended O'Keefe Junior High school.

[The Atlanta Constitution. (Atlanta, GA, 10 Sep 1944, Sun. Page 12]

   Graveside services for Roscoe H. Walker, 56, of 238 Shelburn Drive, Riverdale, will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Andersonville National Cemetery. Mr. Walker, a disabled World War II veteran, died Friday.
   Surviving are his daughter, Mrs. Paulette York of Forest Park: sons. Jimmy Walker of Wisconsin and Larry Walker of Forest Park; mother, Mrs. Ruby L. Hudson of . Forest Park; sisters, Mrs. Frances Banton and Mrs. Betty Reynolds, both of East Point; and brothers, Ernest Walker of East Point and Fred Walker of Greenwood, Conn.

[The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, GA, 21 Aug 1978, Mon, Page 26]


[courtesy of "Harrison"]

Roscoe enlisted in the Army at Fort McPherson, GA on 15 October 1940.

On 16 October 1940, Pot Walker was transferred from the 507th PIR to Company I, 508th PIR as a member of the Cadre team.

Pvt Walker was taken prisoner in France on 6 June 1944.  He was liberated from Stalag 4B in 1945 and discharged on 21 September 1945.

Curiously, his record held by the draft board was apparently completed by him following his discharge as the handwriting and signature are by the same hand. Note also that the date of birth given does not match that on his grave marker. similar discrepancies exist on other records with year of birth as1931, 22 and 23.

It shows that his discharge was "for the convenience of the government" and occurred at  Fort McPherson, GA, where he had enlisted in 1940.

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