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Personal info

Full name
DICK, Walter W
Date of birth
20 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
San Leandro, Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
39048689
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 9 11

Immediate family

Members
Lewis Dick (father)
Lillian (Deen) Dick (mother)
Floyd Hynes (stepfather)
John Dick (brother)
Lloyd Dick (brother)
Alfred Dick (brother)
Daphne Dick (sister)
Iva Dick (sister)
Cynthia Dick (sister)
Arthur Dick (brother)
Mildred Dick (sister)
Rettie Dick (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter W. Dick enlisted in Presidio of Monterey, California on 16 March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Cynthia Collier, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - WWII Enlistment Record / Headstone and Interment Record, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Cynthia Collier (niece)