U.S. Army Air Forces · United States 
First Lieutenant John Harrison Walker Jr. served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. John served in World War II. John was 23 years old.
John H. Walker, Jr. graduated from George Washington High School in Alexandria, Virginia. He attended the University of Marylandand was employed at Railway Express. | | He volunteered for the Army Air Corps on 26 March 1942 in Washington, D.C. | | Lt Walker was one of several P-47s of 328th Red flight who were escorting a crippled B-17 when they were attacked by five enemy aircraft. Lts James Meagher, John Walker, and Harold Nussman were shot down during this attack, and two other P-47s were badly damaged but could stagger back to base. | | Lt Walker is remembered at Bellview Cemetery in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, with a memorial marker.
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