Biographical Information

Gender:

Male

Race:

White

Home State:

AR

War or Conflict:

World War II, 1939-1946

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1939-1945

Entrance into Service:

Enlisted

Branch of Service:

Army

Unit of Service:

346th Field Artillery Battalion, 91st Infantry Division

Location of Service:

Fort Sill, Oklahoma; Camp Bowie, Texas; Camp White, Oregon; Camp Adair, Oregon; North Africa; Italy; Rome; Arno River; North Apennines Mountains; Po Valley

Highest Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Prisoner of War:

No

Service Related Injury:

No

Service History Note:

Veteran served as a field artillery battery commander for 27 months. Veteran served active duty from 1939 to 1945, and in the Army Reserves from 1945 to 1979.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: VHS [1 item] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] --Typewritten document

Photograph: Original photographic print [3 items] --Photographs

Interviewer:

Mary Cotton 

Donor:

Mary Cotton

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

Daughters of the American Revolution, Marion Arkansas Chapter

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/21032

Subjects:

Walters, Lemuel
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army.

Cite as:

Lemuel Walters Collection (AFC/2001/001/21032), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress