 1924 - 1945 (21 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| Name |
Walter James Lahey |
| Title |
Lieutenant Junior Grade |
| Born |
30 Mar 1924 |
Chicago, Cook, Illinois  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Military Service |
U.S. Navy, WWII |
| Killed in Action |
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Walter James Lahey Navy Photo.
From the "Slipstream". The cruise book of the Aviation Cadet Regiment, U.S. Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas. 1943 |
| Died |
1 Apr 1945 |
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State Summary of War Casualties Walter James Lahey.
Illinois State Summary of War Casualties from World War II for Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel from Illinois, 1946 published by the Department of the Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel. Page 27. |
| Buried |
Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
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Walter James Lahey Cenotaph
Walter James Lahey Cenotaph, he was KIA, body never found
Plot: Courts of the Missing |
 Siblings |
2 siblings |
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| 2. Patricia R Lahey, b. 8 Feb 1932, Chicago, Cook, Illinois , d. 28 Aug 2014, Lindenhurst, Lake, Illinois |
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| Person ID |
I22743 |
Nagel |
| Last Modified |
29 Nov 2015 |
| Father |
Walter Richard Lahey, b. 18 Jun 1896, Illinois , d. 18 Aug 1977 (Age 81 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Mother |
Ruth Hurtubise, b. 28 Apr 1901, Chicago, Cook, Illinois , d. 4 Dec 1979, Libertyville, Lake, Illinois (Age 78 years) |
| Relationship |
Birth |
| Family ID |
F6544 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Born - 30 Mar 1924 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois |
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 | Buried - - Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
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| 1940 Census |
 | 1940 Lahey
1940 US census, Cook, Illinois, enumeration district 103-2569, Family Number 103, Lahey. |
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| Notes |
- Personnel File Core Info:
Name
Walter J Lahey
From
Illinois
Service Number
0-300816
Rank
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Service
U.S. Navy
Regiment
United States Naval Reserve
War
World War II
Date Death
04-01-1945
Awards
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 2 Gold Stars, Purple Heart
Burial
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea, Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
Lieutenant, Junior Grade Walter J. Lahey (NSN: 0-300816), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Photographic Plane Pilot in the Okinawa area from 24 to 29 March 1945.
Walter J. Lahey
Date of death: April 1, 1945
Burial location: Honolulu, Hawaii
Home of record: Chicago Illinois
Status: MIA
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