Biography
Joseph M. Walter was a Mennonite conscientious objector from South Dakota imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed for refusing military service, he was held at Fort Leavenworth. Sentenced to 25 years in prison. (Documented in the Swarthmore College Peace Collection's World War I Conscientious Objectors database.) Archival note: sent to Camp Dodge; in September 1918 was court-martialed, along with Joseph H. Wurz, for quitting work in the Medical Corps; sentenced to 25 years in prison; Acting Judge Advocate General S.T. …
Case
United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth