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Personal info

Full name
ZMETRA, Walter Robert Jr
Date of birth
19 May 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Sunderland, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31349807
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hupperdange-Grindhausen, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 7 70

Immediate family

Members
Walter Zmetra (father)
Annie E. Zmetra (mother)
John Zmetra (brother)
Stanley Zmetra (brother)
Annie Zmetra (sister)
Joseph Zmetra (brother)
Peter Zmetra (brother)
Frank Zmetra (brother)
Rose Zmetra (wife)

More information

Pvt Walter Robert Zmetra Jr. enlisted on 2 August 1943 in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Source of information: Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten