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Personal info

Full name
EBERT, Walter H
Date of birth
14 January 1908
Age
37
Place of birth
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
6835362
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
291st Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 January 1945
Place of death
Grand-Bois, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 22

Immediate family

Members
Mathias Ebert (father)
Ida (Kollath) Ebert (mother)
Margaret (Jerena) Ebert (wife)

More information

T/Sgt Walter H. Ebert joined the Regular Army in 1940. He served in Iceland from February 1942 until July 1943. He returned to the US before being sent back overseas in October 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, http://salmvalley1944-1945.over-blog.com, Marshfield News - 27 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Capital Times - 30 August 1942