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Personal info

Full name
LIPINSKI, Walter John
Date of birth
12 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Schenectady County, New York
Hometown
Schenectady County, New York

Military service

Service number
32226894
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grosskampenberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 14 2

Immediate family

Members
Stephan Lipinski (father)
Bessie Lipinski (mother)
Sidney Lipinski (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Walter J. Lipinski enlisted in Camp Uptown Yaphank, New York, on 12 March 1942.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Bastogne, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.ancestry.com - Des Philippet