F1 Walter H. Meyer
1907 - 1984
USN
WWII
Walter Henry Meyer was born April 6, 1907 in Barrington, the son of Henry and Ida Rohlmeier Meyer.
On October 27, 1934, Meyer married Linda Ann Mass in Barrington; they raised one child.
He was called to duty for World War II, and served in the U.S. Navy from April 10, 1944, and was discharged as a Fireman First Class on December 10, 1945.
Meyer worked a variety of jobs before he served in the Navy: mason, salesman, trucker. After the war, he worked for 26 years in maintenance for Commonwealth Edison.
He was a lifelong member of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, and a member of Barrington American Legion Post 158.
Walter Meyer died April 1, in Elgin, and is buried in Barrington’s Evergreen Cemetery.
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Courtesy of Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.