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Personal info

Full name
ZITKUS, Walter
Date of birth
4 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Shawano County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36042680
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 41

Immediate family

Members
Vincent Zitkus (father)
Leokadya (Czechowska) Zitkus (mother)
Bernard Zitkus (brother)
Vincent Zitkus (brother)
John S. Zitkus (brother)
Martha Zitkus (sister)
Aloysious Zitkus (brother)
Chester Zitkus (brother)
Victor Zitkus (brother)
Leonard Zitkus (brother)

More information

Walter Zitkus enlisted on 21 July 1941.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Family Trees / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Tjarco Schuurman, Dwight Anderson