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Personal info

Full name
PARIS, Walter C
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
06851643
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Aegidienberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 1 21

Immediate family

Members
Presley M. Paris (father)
Mary Paris (mother)
Nellie Paris (sister)
Presley Paris (brother)
Georgia Paris (sister)

More information

1st Sgt Walter C. Paris enlisted to the 12th Infantry at Fort Howard, Maryland for the first time in 1934, again in 1938 and in 1942 he was on his third enlistment and was stationed in the West Indies.

He spent 27 months at Fort Simonds, Jamaica Islands, British West Indies, on peacetime duty. He served at Camp Blanding, Florida before being sent overseas on 1 November 1944.

In a letter to Mrs. Paris, 1st Lt Harold E. Fischer, his commanding officer, said in part: "I want to assure you that he died as a soldier, as a result of fighting on the field of battle, against the enemies of our country. His presence in the lines was always an inspiration to his comrades and they miss him deeply. Through me, his company commander, all men of his unit wish to extend their sympathy to you in your bereavement and to secure you that his death was not without purpose, but that he had made a real contribution to the final victory over the enemy."

Source of information: FOHF, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, Daily News Standard 6 June 1934 - The Daily Courier 31 August 1938 - Morning Herald 28 January 1942 / 21 April 1945 - 22 March 1946 / 1930 Census

Photo source: Morning Herald, www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet