About
Walter Z. Hilt, the son of Barnhart and Mary (Smith) Hilt, was born on April 25, 1889, in Troy, New York. After 1915, Walter was living with his brother in Schenectady. He had worked as an undertaker and in the shipment department at Carl Company before joining the military.
On May 28, 1918, Walter enlisted in the United States Army. On July 6, 1918, he was sent overseas aboard the Kashmir. He was assigned to Company G, 53rd Pioneer Infantry, and held the rank of Private. Walter died of pneumonia in France on October 24, 1918. He is buried in the Eagle Mills Cemetery, Rensselaer County, New York.
Sources: The Schenectady Gazette, Find A Grave, Ancestry
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
For the Fallen
Laurence Binyon