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Personal info

Full name
GIERACH, Walter Bernhard Jr
Date of birth
18 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36291586
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Bavigne, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 11 28

Immediate family

Members
Walter B. Gierach Sr. (father)
Elsie M. (Klug) Gierach (mother)
Wilma R. Gierach (sister)
Myrtle L. Gierach (sister)
Harold W. Gierach (brother)
Lawrence P. Gierach (brother)
Mabel L. Gierach (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter B. Gierach Jr. was employed at the Gilbert Shoe Company before he enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on 21 December 1942.

He died in a field hospital to the effects of small arms fire in his kidney.

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 / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: Peter Schouteten