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  PVT Walter Lee Kimbrell    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Love Company
35th Infantry Regiment
World War II

"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PVT Walter Lee Kimbrell, 39726932, who died in the service of his country on June 19th, 1945 in Luzon. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Walter was 24 years of age. He was from Throckmorton, Texas.

The decorations earned by PVT Walter Lee Kimbrell include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

Johnnie Wenogene Knight married Walter Lee Kimbrell on 28 April 1937 at Young County, Texas.

Enlisted on 28 February 1944

Burial:
Throckmorton Cemetery
Throckmorton
Throckmorton County
Texas, USA