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Personal info

Full name
HARTWICK, Walter John
Date of birth
12 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland
Hometown
Baltimore, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33382141
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
Küstelberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 21 22

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Hartwick Jr. (father)
Stella M. (Kowalski) Hartwick (mother)
James Hartwick (brother)
Elsie Hartwick (sister)
Adeline J. Hartwick (wife)

More information

Sgt Walter J. Hartwick was a construction worker before he enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 3 November 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet