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Personal info

Full name
HARTWELL, Walter Hobert
Date of birth
12 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Mercer County, West Virginia
Hometown
Hiawatha, Mercer County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35779088
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 11

Immediate family

Members
Charlie Hartwell (father)
Harriet Hartwell (mother)
Edgar Hartwell (brother)
Harry Hartwell (brother)
Charles Hartwell (brother)
Sadie (Surface) Hartwell (wife)
Macey Hartwell (son)
Louise Hartwell (daughter)

More information

Pfc Walter H. Hartwell enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 8 January 1944. He trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, World War II Young American Patriots / West Virginia Marriages Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Bobby Hartwell, World War II Young American Patriots