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Personal info

Full name
NEWBURY, Walter Harry
Date of birth
14 January 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Prescott, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31390218
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
6 November 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Newbury (father)
Eva L. (Wendemuth) Newbury (mother)
Robert M. Newbury (brother)
Lillian M. Newbury (sister)
Ruth E. Newbury (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter H. Newbury was a tool sharpener and dresser before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 2 September 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Woodbury Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Albert Ledoux

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Misty, www.newspapers.com – Athol Daily News - 4 April 1946 www.ancestry.com – Donna Kramer