Private First Class Walter Lee Sexton 37703957

Private First Class Walter Lee Sexton 37703957 US Army. Born 28 May 1920 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia. He attended the public schools of Wolcott, Colorado, and was a railroad employee prior to entering service on 18 August 1943, at the age of 23. He trained at Camp Adair, Oregon, and served overseas with Company D, 323rd Infantry Regiment, 81st Division, 8th Army. Private First Class Sexton was part of an 81st combat team that secured Asor Island in the Ulithi Group on 23 September 1944; fought in the battle for Peleliu Island, in the Palaus, where he was wounded by enemy fire on 20 October 1944; was in action on Mindanao, Visayas and Baisayan in the central Philippines; later took part in the mopping up operations on Leyte, and then went on to Japan for occupation duty. His decorations include the Purple Heart Medal (PHM), Asiatic Pacific (PTO) Ribbon with 2 Battle Stars, Philippine Liberation with Star, Arrowhead, Occupation Ribbon, Good Conduct, and the Victory Medal. He is the son of Mrs. Florence Sexton of Wolcott, Colorado.

 

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1- THE FIGHTING MEN OF Colorado – Asiatic-Pacific Theater World War Two – 1948

2- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=Walter+l+Sexton&bc=,sl,sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=6870853