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Personal info

Full name
LISTER, Walter Winfield
Date of birth
4 December 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Harrison, Boone County, Arkansas
Hometown
Leon, Butler County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37531588
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, East of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 12 20

Immediate family

Members
Jarrett E. Lister (father)
Mary (Hoppis) Lister (mother)
Jewell Lister (sister)
Bea Lister (sister)
Goldie P. Lister (sister)
John M. Lister (brother)
Wanda S. Lister (sister)
George L. Lister (brother)
Shirley Lister (sister)
Linda Lister (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter W. Lister was employed as a laborer at St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company.

The photo on the right shows Walter with his two little brothers, Johnny (l) and George (r).

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Walter L. Lister (nephew), www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930-1940 Census, www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar, WWII Draft Card, 1950 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet