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Personal info

Full name
POHLMAN, Walter Frederick
Date of birth
18 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Baltimore City, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33891873
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 7 11

Immediate family

Members
Arthur W. Pohlman (father)
Helen M. Pohlman (mother)
Arthur W. Pohlman Jr. (brother)
Margaret E. Pohlman (sister)
Edgar C. Pohlman (brother)

More information

Pvt Walter F. Pohlman enlisted at Fort George G. Made, Maryland on 23 June 1944.
He attended high school for 3 years and worked in the manufacture of miscellaneous products before he enlisted.
Pvt Walter F. Pohlman was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block H-4, Row 10, Grave 183.
Killed in Germany at the Battle of Remagen bridge.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Arthur W. Pohlman Jr., www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet