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Personal info

Full name
WALTER, Cebert Gerald
Date of birth
8 March 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana
Hometown
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
O-734040
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Co-Pilot
Unit
336th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
13 June 1943
Place of death
West of Kiel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 19 1

Immediate family

Members
Harry C. Walter (father)
Hazel C. (Wright) Walter (mother)
Norma H. Walter (sister)
A. Gail Walter (brother)
Rosemary Walter (sister)
Virginia M. Walter (sister)
Leland Walter (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-3286
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Sweet Seventeen
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boats yards
MACR: 616

More information

2nd Lt Cebert G. Walter graduated from Mooreland High School in 1935 and attended the University of Indiana.

He he was a chauffeur before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 10 March 1941 and was commissioned on 25 November 1942 at Luke Field, Arizona.

He was sent overseas in April 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Family Tree / Indiana Birth Certificate, www.newspapers.com - National Road Traveler / The Star Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Star Press