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Personal info

Full name
ESSEX, Walter Clifford
Date of birth
5 December 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Newaygo County, Michigan
Hometown
Shelby, Oceana County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36896729
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ostheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 3 18

Immediate family

Members
Jesse W. Essex (father)
Mabel D. (Monroe) Essex (mother)
Bertha I. Essex (sister)
Florence E. Essex (sister)
Lloyd E. Essex (brother)
Esther M. Essex (sister)
Susie M. (Sheren) Essex (wife)
Donald H. Essex (son)
Donna M. Essex (daughter)
Jerome W. Essex (son)
William C. Essex (son)
Lloyd A. Essex (son)

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / 143rd-October-1944-to-end.pdf, https://36th-id.frb.io
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Dwight "Andy" Anderson