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Personal info

Full name
MENEGAZZI, Walter Thomas
Date of birth
22 November 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Rochester, Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
12199962
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 November 1944
Place of death
Near Domèvre-sur-Verzouze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Alfredo Menegazzi (father)
Adele (Luccioni) Menegazzi (mother)
Raymond A. Menegazzi (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Walter T. Menegazzi graduated from West High School and the University of Rochester and he was employed by the Eastman Kodak Company. He joined the U.S. Army Reserve on 2 November 1942 in Rochester, New York and was sent overseas in March 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Menegazzi Roots, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle 6 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R&S, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle 6 December 1944