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Personal info

Full name
KISER, Walter Guy
Date of birth
5 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Walton, Roane County, West Virginia
Hometown
Mineral County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35777288
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 March 1945
Place of death
Sittard, Holland

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 7 25

Immediate family

Members
Joseph D. Kiser (father)
Addie M. (Greathouse) Kiser (mother)
Evelyn L. Kiser (sister)
Mary M. Kiser (sister)
Hazel I. (Wright) Kiser (wife)
Billy J. Kiser (son)

More information

Pfc Walter G. Kiser attended high school for four years and worked in a sawmill.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 19 November 1942.
He and his unit were in a resting area in Sittard when he was killed in an accident with an exploding German box mine.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Marriages Index, www.oldhickory30th.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Hans Wijnands