Within Sgt Walk's IDPF are documents concerning his remains being
transported
from the AGRS Port Facility at Yokohama to the United States.
He arrived at QMC Distribution Center #13, Oakland Army Base , on
15 October 1949.
There is no information concerning the railroads
that transported Sgt Walk from there to either Omaha or Kansas City.
The next step was to transfer his remains from one of the above locations
via the
Chicago Great Western Rail Road.
Below is the 1936 route map of the Chicago Great Western Railroad.
The thin arrow at the left side points to Lyle, Minnesota.
This is located on the state line between Minnesota and Iowa
and where his remains were delivered to the funeral home staff.
The next map shows the outline of Mitchell County, Iowa.
Lyle, Minnesota, is outlined with a white oval.
Sgt Walk's remains are buried in St John's Lutheran Church Cemetery
east of Grafton, Iowa.
source: October 2025
Cross Roads Lutheran Parish, Iowa
This location is in the map at the bottom of the page
.
