Walter Lee "Buster" Gray was born Nov. 13, 1918 and died in Korea on Sept. 5, 1950. He served in the Coast Guard for 3 years then joined the Army. He enlisted in Richmond, VA on Mar. 19, 1941 for the Panama Canal Dept. in the Infantry Division. In 1950 he was listed as MIA or KIA in Korea. From a 1943 newspaper account, this was apparently not the first time that Walter had been Missing in Action. He had been a POW in Germany from Feb. 17, 1943 until July 21, 1945.
The Dare County Times ran this account on Mar. 19, 1943 --Word has been received by Mr. & Mrs. Billy Gray of Black Mountain, N.C., from the War Dept. that their son, Staff Sgt. Walter L. (Buster) Gray has been missing in action on the North African front since Feb. 13. Walter served 3 years in the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the cutter Mendota and after being discharged joined the Army and was one of the first to be sent to Africa. Mr. & Mrs. Gray are natives of Dare County. Mrs. Carrie Gray is from Hatteras and Mr. Gray from Avon. After having a break down in health they moved to the mountains where they now live. They have 4 sons serving in the armed forces: William E. Gray (CB Mate), Kermit U. Gray (GM 2/c) are serving in the U.S. Coast Guard and Walter L. Gray and Harry B. Gray are serving in the U.S. Army.
Walter married Margaret Irene Atkins of Buncombe Co., NC in 1946.
The Dare County Times ran this account on Mar. 19, 1943 --Word has been received by Mr. & Mrs. Billy Gray of Black Mountain, N.C., from the War Dept. that their son, Staff Sgt. Walter L. (Buster) Gray has been missing in action on the North African front since Feb. 13. Walter served 3 years in the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the cutter Mendota and after being discharged joined the Army and was one of the first to be sent to Africa. Mr. & Mrs. Gray are natives of Dare County. Mrs. Carrie Gray is from Hatteras and Mr. Gray from Avon. After having a break down in health they moved to the mountains where they now live. They have 4 sons serving in the armed forces: William E. Gray (CB Mate), Kermit U. Gray (GM 2/c) are serving in the U.S. Coast Guard and Walter L. Gray and Harry B. Gray are serving in the U.S. Army.
Walter married Margaret Irene Atkins of Buncombe Co., NC in 1946.
Walter Lee "Buster" Gray was born Nov. 13, 1918 and died in Korea on Sept. 5, 1950. He served in the Coast Guard for 3 years then joined the Army. He enlisted in Richmond, VA on Mar. 19, 1941 for the Panama Canal Dept. in the Infantry Division. In 1950 he was listed as MIA or KIA in Korea. From a 1943 newspaper account, this was apparently not the first time that Walter had been Missing in Action. He had been a POW in Germany from Feb. 17, 1943 until July 21, 1945.
The Dare County Times ran this account on Mar. 19, 1943 --Word has been received by Mr. & Mrs. Billy Gray of Black Mountain, N.C., from the War Dept. that their son, Staff Sgt. Walter L. (Buster) Gray has been missing in action on the North African front since Feb. 13. Walter served 3 years in the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the cutter Mendota and after being discharged joined the Army and was one of the first to be sent to Africa. Mr. & Mrs. Gray are natives of Dare County. Mrs. Carrie Gray is from Hatteras and Mr. Gray from Avon. After having a break down in health they moved to the mountains where they now live. They have 4 sons serving in the armed forces: William E. Gray (CB Mate), Kermit U. Gray (GM 2/c) are serving in the U.S. Coast Guard and Walter L. Gray and Harry B. Gray are serving in the U.S. Army.
Walter married Margaret Irene Atkins of Buncombe Co., NC in 1946.
The Dare County Times ran this account on Mar. 19, 1943 --Word has been received by Mr. & Mrs. Billy Gray of Black Mountain, N.C., from the War Dept. that their son, Staff Sgt. Walter L. (Buster) Gray has been missing in action on the North African front since Feb. 13. Walter served 3 years in the U.S. Coast Guard aboard the cutter Mendota and after being discharged joined the Army and was one of the first to be sent to Africa. Mr. & Mrs. Gray are natives of Dare County. Mrs. Carrie Gray is from Hatteras and Mr. Gray from Avon. After having a break down in health they moved to the mountains where they now live. They have 4 sons serving in the armed forces: William E. Gray (CB Mate), Kermit U. Gray (GM 2/c) are serving in the U.S. Coast Guard and Walter L. Gray and Harry B. Gray are serving in the U.S. Army.
Walter married Margaret Irene Atkins of Buncombe Co., NC in 1946.
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