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Personal info

Full name
DEMASTUS, Walter Leon
Date of birth
13 March 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Lawrence County, Alabama
Hometown
Franklin County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34916098
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 February 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 14 4

Immediate family

Members
William W. Demastus (father)
Katie (Allen) Demastus (mother)
David W. Demastus (brother)
Gertrude B. Demastus (wife)
Jimmie Demastus (son)

More information

Pvt Walter L. Demastus enlisted in Fort McClellan, Alabama on 18 December 1943.

He was married on the day he enlisted.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Demastus/McGuire Family Tree / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / WWII Draft Card / 1930 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Rhonda Toothaker