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Personal info

Full name
EVANUK, Walter
Date of birth
14 February 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Union County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32603475
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Assistant Driver
Unit
747th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
N 16 12

Immediate family

Members
Jacob Evanuk (father)
Petronella (Gordon) Evanuk (mother)
Emil Evanuk (brother)
Benjamin Evanuk (brother)
Estelle Evanuk (sister)
Olga Evanuk (sister)
Helen Evanuk (sister)

More information

Walter Evanuk attended Abraham Clark High School and was an auto mechanic.

He enlisted on 29 December 1942 in Newark, New Jersey.

He was reported wounded in action and died later that day.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, WWII Draft Cards

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Drew Hanusosky