David A. Walsh was born on 9 June 1923. He was graduated from high school in Babylon, N.Y. During World War II, he served in the Army Air Forces as a mechanic. In 1943, Walsh attended the Army Air Forces Technical School at Seymour Johnson Field in North Carolina. He first joined the 308 Bomb Squadron, 85th FTR Bomb Group, at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, La., then the 502nd FTR Bomb Squadron at Waycross Army Air Base, Waycross, Ga. Walsh rose from the rank of private to corporal in 1944 and was relocated to the Army Air Field, Punta Gorda, Fla. At the end of the war, Walsh was stationed overseas, first with the 328 Airdrome Squadron of the 2nd Air Commando Group, and then with the 604 Air Materiel Squadron of the 380 Air Service Group in Karachi, India. In 2001, he lived in Norfolk, England.
From the guide to the David A. Walsh Papers (#5062-z), 1943-1945, (Southern Historical Collection)
