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Personal info

Full name
WALSH, Michael James
Date of birth
26 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Shickshinny, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1178025
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
32nd Field Artillery Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
The woods between Hünningen, Belgium, and Ramscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 12 39

Immediate family

Members
John J. Walsh (father)
Jennie Walsh (mother)
Katherine Walsh (sister)
John J. Walsh (brother)
Robert A. Walsh (brother)
Phillip B. Walsh (brother)
Floyd Walsh (wife)

More information

1st Lt Michael J. Walsh enlisted in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 17 February 1941.

He left to go overseas in February 1944, after receiving his final training at Camp Pickett, Virginia. He also trained at Camp Livingston for a year and a half and attended OCS at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Shreveport Journal 3 September 1945 / The Times 18 February 1945, Monty McDaniel, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks - Kingston High School Pennsylvania 1935