WWII · Battle Death Record
Kenneth Walker
Brigadier General, U.S. Army Air Forces · Colorado
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Kenneth Walker
- Entered the Service From
- Colorado
- Rank
- Brigadier General
- Service
- U.S. Army Air Forces
- Unit / Regiment
- V Bomber Command, Fifth Air Force
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- January 5, 1943
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
- Grave
- Tablets of the Missing
Their story
Brig. Gen. Kenneth N. Walker, commander of V Bomber Command, personally led a daylight heavy-bomber attack against Japanese shipping in the harbor at Rabaul, New Britain, on January 5, 1943. His B-17 was shot down by enemy fighters during the raid and was never recovered; neither his body nor the aircraft wreck was found, and he was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for his leadership and gallantry.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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