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Personal info

Full name
ST AMAND, Walter Donald
Date of birth
9 April 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Salisbury, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
11130599
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ Company,
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division,
Intelligence and Reconnaissance Platoon
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Near Vockenrot, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 6 10

Immediate family

Members
Aurele A. St. Amand (father)
Aurore T. St. Amand (mother)
Lucille St. Amand (sister)
Paul St Amand (brother)
Philip St. Amand (brother)
Robert R. St. Amand (brother)
Jeannine A. St. Amand (sister)
Raymond St. Amand (brother)

More information

Cpl Walter D. St. Amand attended 1 year of college before he joined the National Guard in Boston, Massachusetts, on 7 December 1942.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his action on the day of his death. The citation cited: "When his intelligence and reconnaissance platoon was subjected to an enemy ambush near Vockenrot, Germany, Cpl St. Amand leaped from his jeep and returned the fire. Fearlessly advancing into the murderous barrage, he inflicted heavy casualties upon the enemy forces until he was mortally wounded by a burst of machine gun fire. Through his great daring and gallant actions, Cpl St. Amand enabled his beleaguered comrades to reach positions of comparative safety.

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 / Zeihen Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/115221
Photo source: https://valor.militarytimes.com/hero/115221