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Personal info

Full name
YERUC, Walter Peter
Date of birth
18 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
Hometown
Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31338447
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of La Salle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 10 6

Immediate family

Members
Walter Yeruc (father)
Mary Yeruc (mother)
Anna Yeruc (sister)
Helen Yeruc (sister)
Mary Yeruc (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter P. Yeruc attended high school for two years and worked in the machine shop of the Schick Dra Schaver Co. before he enlisted in New Haven, Connecticut on 9 August 1943.
In May 1944, in Italy, he was wounded in the arm and leg by artillery shell fragments. He was discharged from the hospital in July 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy