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Personal info

Full name
BILGER, Walter
Date of birth
9 October 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
South Langhorne, Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Halmeville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33772575
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dieulouard, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 11 86

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Bilger (father)
Leah H. Bilger (mother)
Edith Bilger (sister)
Stewart Bilger (brother)
Ida Bilger (sister)
Evelyn Bilger (sister)
Harry Bilger (brother)
Florence Bilger (sister)
Lloyd Bilger (brother)
Lydia Bilger (sister)
Anna A. (Brown) Bilger (wife)
Marion Bilger (daughter)
Richard Bilger (son)

More information

Pvt Walter H. Bilger was a back tender before he enlisted in March 1943.
He is also remembered at the Beechwood Cemetery in Halmeville.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, www.80thDivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Lee Mathewson