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Personal info

Full name
WALLNER, John Charles
Date of birth
18 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
St. Louis, Missouri
Hometown
St. Louis, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37403655
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
52nd Armored Infantry Battalion,
9th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 8 58

Immediate family

Members
John E. Wallner (father)
Stephanie Wallner (mother)
Fannie A. Wallner (sister)
Mary A. Wallner (sister)
Stephani Wallner (sister)
Wilma L. Wallner (sister)
Francis E. Wallner (brother)
Edward R. Wallner (brother)
Dorothy M. Wallner (sister)
Lorraine J. Wallner (sister)
Rita A. (Ziegler) Wallner (wife)
John C. Wallner Jr. (son)

More information

S/Sgt John C. Wallner attended high school for 3 years and was a clerk.

He enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 14 December 1942.

He received his first Purple Heart medal for injuries he sustained in Germany less than two weeks before his death.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch