Walker, Kenneth N, BG

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Brigadier General

Last Service Branch
Aviation

Last Primary MOS
AAF 1092-Pilot B-17

Last MOS Group
Aviation (Enlisted)

Primary Unit
1942-1943, European Theater

Service Years
1917 - 1943

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New Mexico

Year of Birth
1898

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Casualty Info

Home Town Cerrillos	Last Address Cerrillos

Casualty Date Jan 05, 1943
Cause Hostile, Died while Missing	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Papua New Guinea	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Not Specified	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships


	1943, Legion Of Valor [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	1943, Military Order of the Purple Heart [Verified] - Assoc. Page

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Northern Solomons Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of New Georgia
From Month/Year June / 1943	To Month/Year August / 1943
Description Landings on New Georgia began as early as June 20, 1943 when Marines, followed by Army forces the next day, landed at Segi Point and moved overland to take Viru Harbor on July 1. There were various other landings on New Georgia, but the principal effort, with Munda as its objective, began on June 10, 1943 (D-Day for this phase of the operation) with a landing on Rendova Island, just off New Georgia and near Munda. From Rendova, Marine and Army forces invaded New Georgia and closed on the Japanese base at Munda, which fell after nearly six weeks of hard fighting on August 5, 1943. Another Japanese strong point at Bairoko Harbor, 8 miles north of Munda, fell on August 25. Kolombangara was bypassed with the landing of Army, Marine, and New Zealand troops on Vella Lavella and Arundel Islands. There was considerable air and naval action, and the Japanese lost heavily in ships and planes as they first reinforced and then evacuated their island positions. It was October before the Allies had fully secured the island group.