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Personal info

Full name
WALSH, John Matthew
Date of birth
4 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
North Platte City, Lincoln County, Nebraska
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36687387
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 September 1944
Place of death
Grammont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 59

Immediate family

Members
Mathius J. Walsh Jr. (father)
Emma E. (Baker) Walsh (mother)
Robert E. Walsh (brother)
Cora E. Walsh (sister)
Eugene J. Walsh (brother)
Evelyn E. (Paulsboe) Walsh (wife)

More information

Pvt John M. Walsh attended North Platte High School and was employed at Mars Incorporated in Chicago.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Darcy Griffin Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy