Victor C. Walsh Dies
Of Battle Wounds

   Friends of Pfc. Victor C. Walsh, paratrooper, learned today that he died of wounds received in action in Belgium on December 28.
   Walsh, an employee of the Hotel Whitecotton, Berkeley, for 11 years before going into the service, is survived by his wife, Ida, in England; two brothers, John, Cape Town South Africa, and Fred, U.S.N.; and three sisters, Patricia Umberger, El Cerrito; Ena Berge, Salt Lake City, and Olive Dowdy, Hollywood.

[Oakland Tribune, Oakland, CA, 03 Feb 1945, Sat, Page 3]

Columbarium marker for Pfc Victor G. Walsh and his parents in  Providence South, Tier 2, Column 4, Chapel of the Chimes, Hayward (Alameda county), California.

 

Victor was born in South Africa ca. 1914 and immigrated to the United States in 1928 at the age of 14  He departed from Cape Town, South Africa with his mother and 2 siblings bound for England.   Setting sail on the SS Montclare from Liverpool, England the foursome arrived in Quebec on 22 April 1928.  The family then settled in the Alameda, California area.

   Victor registered for the draft in Berkley, CA on 16 October 1940 and was inducted into the Army at San Francisco, CA on 22 October 1942 and was assigned to Company G, 508th PIR.

    When the 508th was stationed in Nottingham Pvt Walsh married a local woman. Her name is not known.
On 27 December 1944 Pfc Walsh was wounded in Belgium and died of his wounds the following day.

   His military decorations include the Silver Star, Purple Heart and the Combat Infantryman Badge.