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Personal info

Full name
WITT, Walter V
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
6296748
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
255th Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Unterkessach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 7 15

Immediate family

Members
Irene L. Witt (mother)
Thomas C. Witt (brother)
Jewell L. Witt (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter V. Witt attended college for two years before he joined the Regular Army on 8 November 1939.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com
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