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Personal info

Full name
OLLIFF, Walter Eugene
Date of birth
16 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Moultrie, Colquitt County, Georgia
Hometown
Marion County, Florida

Military service

Service number
6972505
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 September 1944
Place of death
Near Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 12 36

Immediate family

Members
Edgar M. Olliff (father)
Grace K. Olliff (mother)
Elizabeth H. Olliff (sister)
Annie I. Olliff (sister)
Chas K. Olliff (brother)
Leon C. Olliff (brother)

More information

Sgt Walter E. Olliff worked in the printing and publishing bussiness before he joined the Regular Army on 9 August 1939.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

He is remembered at the Cemetery of Oviedo, Seminole County, Florida.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / family trees / Florida State Census, http://9thinfantrydivision.net

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / yorkspirit