Rank/Rate: Lieutenant, Junior Grade

Service Number: O-229250

Birth Date: October 17, 1918

From: Nashville, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Growler (SS-215)

Loss Date: November 8, 1944

Location: South China Sea

Circumstances: Probably sunk by depth charge attack

Remarks: Walter was born in Eaton, Colorado. Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Growler (SS-215)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Growler (SS-215)

Find a Grave Memorial: LTjg Walter Madden Gregory (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial). Walter Gregory has a cenotaph in the family plot in Eaton Cemetery in Eaton, Colorado.