Walter Cochran Viol ’34

Walter died Dec. 23, 2003, at home in Eatontown, N.J.

Born in Lafayette, Ind., where his brother, Jackson, still lives, Walter prepared at East Orange [N.J.] HS and the Peddie School before coming to Princeton.

According to an obituary in the Asbury Park Press, Walter was an accountant and an Army veteran of WWII, having served in a Field Artillery unit in Europe as a pilot of single-engine planes used to scout artillery targets. He was a Jehovah's Witness and belonged to the Fair Haven [N.J.] congregation. He enjoyed walking and was an avid collector.

The Class of 1934