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Personal info

Full name
WALTERS, John William
Date of birth
16 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42014489
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Moncourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 12 96

Immediate family

Members
John J. Walters (father)
Louise H. Walters (mother)
Edith Walters (sister)

More information

Pfc John W. Walters attended high school for four years and was employed at the American Cyanamid Company before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 17 September 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his neck.

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 / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
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