Walter James Fairchild was the son of John Fairchild and Armilda Rice. He married Mary Ruth Webb on 15 February 1941 in Morgan, Tennessee.
The Knoxville Journal, June 18, 1948
PFC. Walter J. Fairchild was killed in action March 21, 1943, in North Africa. The body will arrive Wednesday June 16, and be taken to the family home in Boswell Chapel community. Funeral services will be conducted from Boswell Chapel Church. Survivors: wife, Ruth Webb Fairchild; daughter, Reba Samantha Fairchild; mother, Mrs. Arminda Hendrickson; brother, Rev. Fred Fairchild, Hixon, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. Jacob Langley and Miss Verna Hendrickson, Harriman; Mrs. Grover Hicks, Yancy, Ky.
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 15 September 1913
- Date of death: 21 March 1943
- County: Morgan
- Hometown: Harriman
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 91st Field Artillery, 1st Armored Division
- Theater: North Africa
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Honeycutt Cemetery, Harriman, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVI, Middle Panel
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