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Personal info

Full name
FALAT, Walter Leroy
Date of birth
2 July 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36616428
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Prummern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 16 10

Immediate family

Members
Stanley Falat (father)
Catherine Falat (mother)
Bernice Falat (sister)
Edward Falat (brother)
Albin Falat (brother)
Dorothy P. Falat (sister)
Raymond Falat (brother)
Elenore Falat (sister)
Lou (Gardocki) Falat (wife)

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 66th Armored Regiment, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Illinois Marriage Index / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet