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Personal info

Full name
SAPP, Walter Lee
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Hammock, Crawford County, Georgia
Hometown
Macon, Bibb County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14045303
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
66th Armored Regiment,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Waurichen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 6 13

Immediate family

Members
Newton S. Sapp (father)
Viola (Crosby) Sapp (mother)
Beaulah Sapp (sister)
Herman Sapp (brother)
Hoyt L. Sapp (brother)
Mildred Sapp (sister)
Jeanette Sapp (sister)

More information

T/5 Walter L. Sapp enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia on 21 March 1941.

He got a big surprise when the door against which he was leaning was blown off the tank, but he was uninjured.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Hans Wijnands, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - After Action Report 66th Armored Regiment, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Kelley Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Marga Lardinois Pluis - Sapp Family