Walter A. Lundin, residing in Yonkers, New York, enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force on July 7, 1941. Upon completion of training, he was assigned to the Coastal Command Group of the Royal Air Force and underwent training in Northern Ireland.

On November 9, 1942, while in London, England, he transferred to the U.S. Navy and subsequently returned to the United States.

In November 1943 he was assigned to Fighter Squadron Fifteen flying F6F Hellcats and proceeded to the forward area aboard the U.S.S. Essex. The squadron participated in the Marianas campaign, flew initial strikes against Palau, the Philippines and Formosa, and was engaged in the first and second battles of the Philippine Sea. In December 1944 the Air Group returned to the United States.

In February 1945 he was assigned to VBF151 flying F4U-4 Corsairs. The conflict was over before this unit reached the forward area.

Tally Record: 6-1/2 kills.

As a pilot of a fighter plane in Fighting Squadron Fifteen, attached to the U.S.S. Essex during the First Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, when our fleet was subjected to numerous enemy air attacks he destroyed one enemy fighter and one enemy dive bomber plane and assisted materially in the total destruction by his squadron of sixty-seven enemy aircraft.

In action in the central Philippines in September 1944, while attacked by a vastly superior force of intercepting enemy fighters, he engaged the aircraft in combat and destroyed one and assisted another pilot in destroying an enemy medium bomber, thereby contributing to his flight's total of twenty-nine planes destroyed during this action. Pressing home relentless strafing attacks against grounded aircraft he succeeded in setting fire to and destroying one grounded plane.

On October 24, 1944, during operations in the Battle for Leyte Gulf, while intercepting a force of enemy aircraft during a combat patrol mission, he engaged the enemy shooting down two planes and assisted in dispersing the remainder.

Awards: Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with Gold Star.