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Personal info

Full name
GERMAINE, Walden Joseph
Date of birth
2 November 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Lyon Mountain, Clinton County, New York
Hometown
Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31416382
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
119th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
Kirchherten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 16 15

Immediate family

Members
Ernest Germaine (father)
Emma (Smith) Germaine (mother)
Blanch Germaine (sister)
Harold Germaine (brother)
Gerald Germaine (brother)
Howard Germaine (brother)
Bertha E. Germaine (wife)

More information

Pfc Walden J. Germaine enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 1 December 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.30thinfantry.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 census / 1930 census, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Dale Pitzen