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Personal info

Full name
WALTER, Francis Arthur
Date of birth
9 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Dixon, Dixon County, Nebraska
Hometown
Hooper, Dodge County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37490182
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
Near Albestroff, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 30 29

Immediate family

Members
Lloyd E. Walter (father)
Mabel C. (Renninger) Walter (mother)
Irvin L. Walter (brother)
Dorothy H. Walter (sister)
Bernice V. Walter (sister)
Clayton E. Walter (brother)
June (Uehling) Walter (wife)
Arnold D. Walter (son)
Verlean M. Walter (daughter)

More information

Pvt Francis A. Walter was working for the Arnold Nash Farm before he enlisted on 12 February 1944.

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.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com - Loren Bender, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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