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Personal info

Full name
HANNIG, Walter
Date of birth
27 May 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Waldenburg, Germany
Hometown
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York

Military service

Service number
42114178
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Güdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 4 24

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Hannig (father)
Anna H. (Scholz) Hannig (mother)
William Hannig (brother)
Josif Hannig (brother)
Gerhard Hannig (brother)
Eric Hannig (brother)
Rosamond Hannig (sister)
Gary Hannig (brother)
Helmut Hannig (brother)
Joseph Hannig Jr. (brother)
Elizabeth Hannig (sister)
Helen Hannig (sister)
Ruth M. (Bahr) Hannig (wife)
Walter Hannig (son)
David Hannig (son)

More information

Pfc Walter Hannig attended high school for two years and worked as a caretaker for prominent private parks and public gardens in Auburn and later, just before the war, as a machinist before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 5 April 1944.

He was killed by a gunshot in his chest.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Flermonte Hannig Adler Cohen Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrace.com - Afiermonte
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Afiermonte / Russ Pickett