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Personal info

Full name
WALTERS, William Jonah
Date of birth
5 August 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina
Hometown
Charleston County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34386105
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
628th Tank Destroyer Battalion
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James Walters (father)
Effie Walters (mother)
Mildred Walters (sister)
Eunealer Walters (sister)
Mary Walters (sister)
Joyce T. Walters (brother)
Hayden Walters (brother)

More information

T/5 William J. Walters was employed at the Armour Packing Company.

He enlisted on 12 September 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina.

He was reported wounded in action in October 1944. For this wound he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time.

A few days before the message of his death was received his mother received this Purple Heart Medal.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.archives.gov, www.tankdestroyer.net, www.ancestry.com, Florence Morning News 31 January 1945 / 1930 Census / WWII Draft Card

Photo source: FOHF, www.tankdestroyer.net, The Columbia Record - 19 February 1945