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Personal info

Full name
MENNETT, Walter Franklin
Date of birth
20 January 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33245962
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 October 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 15 49

Immediate family

Members
William H. Mennett (father)
Laura S. (Federicy) Mennett (mother)
George A. Ray (half-brother)
Pearl E. Ray (half-sister)
Laura E. Ray (half-sister)
William P. Mennett (brother)
Julia G. Mennett (sister)
Russell I. Mennett (brother)
Dorothy M. Mennett (sister)
Roy C. Mennett (brother)
Nellie L. Parks (half-sister)
Arthur R. Parks (half-brother)
Barbara E. (Cannon) Mennett (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter F. Mennett was employed at the Bethlehem Steel Company before he enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 12 June 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Dan Bowers Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy