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Personal info

Full name
WALTERS, Eugene Arthur
Date of birth
6 October 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Mount Savage, Allegheny County, Maryland
Hometown
Berlin, Somerset County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33768175
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Barby-Walternienburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 19 5

Immediate family

Members
Samuel C. Walters (father)
Mary (Orendorf) Walters (mother)
George Walters (brother)
Sherman Walters (brother)
Robert Walters (brother)
Samuel Walters (brother)
Harold Walters (brother)
Kathryn Walters (sister)
Charlotte Walters (sister)
Blanche B. (Christner) Walters (wife)
Eugene A. Walters Jr. (son)

More information

Pfc Eugene A. Walters owned a barber shop until he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 25 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree /1930/1940 Census / Veteran Compensation Application File, www.fold3 - WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Republic - 28 February 1946