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Walter W. Spellman

NAME:
Walter Wayman Spellman
NICKNAME:
SERVICE NUMBER:
570719
HOME OF RECORD:
Route 1, Diamond, OH
born Ripley, WV
NEXT OF KIN:
Parents, Edgar & Ethel Spellman
DATE OF BIRTH:
9/5/1926
SERVICE DATES:
5/1944 – 1945
DATE OF DEATH:
5/28/1988
CAMPAIGN UNIT MOS RATE RESULT
Iwo Jima C/1/24 746 Private WIA
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS:
Purple Heart
LAST KNOWN RANK:
Private First Class

Biography coming soon.

Walter Spellman’s uniform, showing the ribbons he earned in the Pacific. Photograph courtesy of Frank Burroughs.

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