LT. Walter J. Gunter, Jr. was Jump Master 61, 101st Airborne, 506th PIR Company D, XO of Dog Co, and was killed in action in St Mere Eglise.

After his jump, he became caught in a tree. A machine gunner shot him from The Church Steeple about 40 minutes before John Steele and the 82nd arrived. He is buried at the American Cemetery Colleville sur Mer, in Normandy France.

Our family has over 200 letters from Walter beginning with his training at Toccoa to June 3, 1944, three days until his Eternal Jump.

I created this special page to honor family sacrifice and gratitude for all Veteran’s service. Please visit and “Like” us @
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We have a memorial page, and Book of Remembrance, for Lt Walter J. Gunther, Jr. on the Fallen Heroes of Normandy archive and website at www.fallenheroesofnormandy.org/Servic…/Detail/40087

If you would like to email any photographs, documents, letters and/or information to americanfallen@gmail.com, we will be pleased to add this to our free online memorial. Helping to add another photograph and biography to the 44,000+ memorial pages we have online for the fallen in Normandy, France from WWII.
~ Kenny Gunther