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Personal info

Full name
ALDRICH, Walter James
Date of birth
30 November 1908
Age
35
Place of birth
Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Montague, Franklin County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31007638
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 20 34

Immediate family

Members
Frank E. Aldrich (father)
Bertha L. (Lee) Aldrich (mother)
Chester L. Aldrich (brother)
Mary D. Aldrich (sister)
Jesse E. Aldrich (brother)
Jennie B. Aldrich (sister)
Helen M. Aldrich (sister)
William F. Aldrich (brother)
Alice R. Aldrich (sister)

More information

T/Sgt Walter J. Aldrich attended high school for four years and was employed at the Montague Rod & Reel Company.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 10 March 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Sgt Aldrich is remembered at the Center Cemetery in Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.com - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Brazil Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton / James Bianco, After Action Report 26th Infantry
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Major M / James Bianco, www.newspapers.com - Greenfield Recorder Gazette 9 November 1944