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Personal info

Full name
LUNDSTROM, Walter Carl
Date of birth
7 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33432911
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 November 1944
Place of death
Koecking Woods, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 22 9

Immediate family

Members
Axel M. Lundstrom (father)
Jenny M. (Reuterstrom) Lundstrom (mother)
Lillian A. Lundstrom (sister)
Harry A. Lundstrom (brother)
Herbert M. Lundstrom (brother)

More information

Sgt Walter C. Lundstrom attended college for two years and was employed at the Hammermill Paper Company.

He enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 15 February 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 / Specht Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Teresa