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Personal info

Full name
LIPOVSKY, Walter E
Date of birth
18 February 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Montgomery County, Ohio
Hometown
Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35617097
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
16th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 7 31

Immediate family

Members
Paul Lipovsky (father)
Emilia Lipovsky (mother)
Joseph Lipovsky (brother)
Paul Lipovsky (brother)
Ilona Lipovsky (sister)
Mildred Lipovsky (sister)
John Lipovsky (brother)
Albert Lipovsky (brother)

More information

Pvt Walter E. Lipovsky graduated from Kiser High School where he was a football star. He was employed by Master Electric Company and enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 2 December 1942.

He was overseas since April 1944.

His brother served with a medical unit in England.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, 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 / Ohio Birth Index / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Dayton Daily News 12 December 1944

Photo source: Astrid van Erp, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Journal Herald 12 December 1944