Walter W. Horn

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Walter W. Horn
Personal details
Born	18 January 1908 Waldangelloch, Germany
Died	26 December 1995 Berkeley, California
Nativity	Germany
Religion	Protestant
Known for	Art Historian, Medievalist
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Army
ASN	01326328
Rank	Private
Camp Ritchie	Class 13 (30 October – 23 December 1943)
Section	7A (13); E (13)

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Walter W. Horn (1908–1995) was a United States Army Private who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 13.

Biography

Horn was born in Germany, but fled Nazism and spent most of his academic career at the University of California, Berkeley, where he became the university system's first art historian and co-founded the History of Art department.

Walter attended Hamburg University, PhD Architecture & Art.

On 7 August 1944, he returned to Camp Ritchie as second lieutenant (ASN: 01326328).

Walter William Horn (18 January 1908 – 26 December 1995) was a German-American medievalist scholar noted for his work on the timber vernacular architecture of the Middle Ages. Horn was present as a guest of Austria at the reopening of the rooms dedicated to the Reglia at the Hofburg Museum in 1987. A naturalized citizen of the United States, Horn served in the U.S.

Army during World War II and then in the special intelligence unit that tracked down art works plundered by the Nazis. His most celebrated exploit was the recovery of the crown jewels of the Holy Roman Empire, also known as Charlemagne's Imperial Regalia. As a scholar, Horn is most noted for his work on the medieval architectural drawing known as the Plan of Saint Gall.

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Technical record

Field	Imported value
Approx Age at Death	87
Class_ASN	39136473
Class_Name	HORN, Walter W.; Horn, Walter W.
match_method	pass2_unique_name
row_source	both

Timeline

• Born 18 January 1908 in Germany.
• 7 July 1943 — Enlisted at San Francisco as Pvt (ASN: 39136473).
• July 1943 — Basic training with 54th FA Training Battalion.
• 10 March 1944 — Promoted to Cpl.
• 7 August 1944 — Returned to Camp Ritchie as 2nd Lt (ASN: 01326328).
• Assigned to MFIU-3 (60-man roster, including Major Edmund L. King).

Sources

• Walter Horn — Wikipedia
• Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
• Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
• NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
• 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Walter W. Horn for Camp Ritchie (private research document; 1 source documents reviewed)
• Dan Gross, Timeline of Horn, Walter W. for Camp Ritchie (private research files; selected non-private narrative findings; 1 source files: WALTER W. HORN.doc)