Capt. Harry L. Walters
Feb. 27, 1918-Oct. 23, 1943
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 30, 1944, page 2, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library
Walters, Killed in Air, Awarded Cluster to Medal
Capt. Harry L. Walters, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Walters, 1525 Huron street, has been posthumously awarded a bronze Oak Leaf cluster in lieu of an additional Air medal.
A fighter pilot in the army air corps, Captain Walters was killed Oct. 23, 1943, over Choiseul island in the southwest Pacific.
He had shot down four planes, three of them float planes, bagged in one battle.