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Personal info

Full name
JANUARY, Walter Wilson
Date of birth
15 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Delaware County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38588006
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Stommeln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 10 19

Immediate family

Members
William D. January (father)
Fannie (Caywood) January (mother)
Willie A. January (brother)
Thomas W. January (brother)
Wadie D. January (brother)
Dorothy D. January (sister)
Rita M. January (sister)
Donald W. January (brother)
Zelma J. January (sister)

More information

T/5 Walter W. January enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 26 July 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Carr Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach