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Personal info

Full name
KILE, Walter Glenn
Date of birth
26 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Deer Run, Pendleton County, West Virginia
Hometown
Franklin, Pendleton County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35847136
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rambrough, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 23 30

Immediate family

Members
William H. Kile (father)
Dessie M. (Kesner) Kile (mother)
William V. Kile (brother)
Robert L. Kile (brother)
Oliver E. Kile (brother)
Ruth M. Kile (sister)
Betty M. Kile (sister)

More information

Pvt Walter G. Kile worked in his own sawmill before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 7 December 1943.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division

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