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Personal info

Full name
KLEIN, Walter John Paul
Date of birth
7 September 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Plymouth, Jefferson County, Nebraska
Hometown
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
20721961
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Habkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 23 4

Immediate family

Members
Jacob A. Klein (father)
Mary M. (Kreutzer) Klein (mother)
Katharina Klein (sister)
Rosa A. Klein (sister)
Arthur J. Klein (brother)
Laura M. Klein (sister)
Alfred E. Klein (brother)
Harlan C. Klein (brother)
Alice M. (Messick) Klein (wife)
Paulette M. Klein (daugther)

More information

Pfc Walter J. P. Klein worked on a farm before he joined the National Guard in Beatrice, Nebraska on 23 December 1940.

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 / Lauren Hamm Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - blazen36
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