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Personal info

Full name
LEWIS, Walter Hunter
Date of birth
21 July 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Hickman, Caroline County, Maryland
Hometown
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware

Military service

Service number
32956400
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 October 1944
Place of death
Rambervillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 12 26

Immediate family

Members
Arthur L. Lewis (father)
Edith F. (Baker) Lewis (mother)
Virgie Lewis (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter H. Lewis was employed by the Electric Hose and Rubber Company before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 18 August 1943. He was sent overseas in April 1944,

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett, www.newspapers.com - The Wilmington News Journal

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - The Wilmington News Journal