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Personal info

Full name
WALS, Ernest
Date of birth
18 July 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Loppersum, Groningen, Holland
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36036007
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 15 65

Immediate family

Members
Heine Wals (father)
Martje (Bont) Wals (mother)
John Wals (brother)
Alice Wals (sister)
Heinie Wals (brother)
Ralph Wals (brother)
Jacob Wals (brother)
Grace Wals (sister)
Jan Wals (half brother)
Irene (Butler) Wals (wife)

More information

T/4 Ernest Wals enlisted in Chicago, Illinois on 11 June 1941.

He attended high school for 1 year and was an ice man before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Fosse, Belgium Block B, Row 7, Grave 129.

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 / Walls Family Tree / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Dwight Anderson