Rank and Name, Radioman Second Class Walter Howard Backman.
Unit/Placed in, USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Battleship, United States Navy.
Walter is born approx. on 24 April 1919 in Wilton, North Dakota.
Father, August F. Backman.
Mother, Beatrice (Pope) Backman.
Sister(s), Mildred D. and Charlene R. Backman.
Walter enlisted the service in North Dakota with service number # 3285369.
Walter was KIA during the Japanese Air Raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Navy Radioman 2nd Class Walter H. Backman’s remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in 2017. His name is permanently engraved in the World War II “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu memorial.
He is also Mentioned at USS Arizona Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.
He has also a Memorial Grave at River Hills Memorial Park, Batavia, Kane County, Illinois, USA.
Thanks to,
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
Navy Radioman 2nd Class Walter H. Backman’s remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency in 2017. His name is permanently engraved in the World War II “Courts of the Missing” at the Honolulu memorial.
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.
