INDIANA WORLD WAR RECORDS, GOLD STAR HONOR ROLL: A Record of Indiana Men and Women Who Died in the Service of the United States and the Allied Nations in the World War, 1914-1918, (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1921), p. 172. Walter C. D. Payne.Corporal Son of Thomas and Sarah Espin Payne, born August 29, 1896, New Albany, Indiana. Assistant truck master, Q. M. D., Jeffersonville, Indiana. Entered service June 3, 1918, Louisville, Ky. Sent to Ft. Thomas, Ky.; assigned to Motor Transport Corps. Transferred to Camp Meigs, Washington, D. C.; then to Bush Terminal, Brooklyn, N. Y. Died of pneumonia January 20, 1919, Base Hospital, Bush Terminal, N. Y. Buried in Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Indiana.