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Personal info

Full name
CONWELL, Walter Oren
Date of birth
13 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Mount Vernon, Knox County, Ohio
Hometown
New Kensington, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
39246636
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié – Etival Clairefontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 4 22

Immediate family

Members
Harry W. Conwell (father)
Ida M. (McConnaha) Conwell (mother)
Dorothy Conwell (sister)
Harry Conwell (brother)
Geraldine Conwell (sister)
Wesley Conwell (brother)
Mary E. Conwell (sister)
Edward Conwell (brother)
Ruth Conwell (sister)
Helen Conwell (sister)
Jane Conwell (sister)
Wanda M. (Rutkowski) Conwell (wife)
Walter D. Conwell (son)

More information

Sgt Walter O. Conwell attended high school for three years and worked in a shipping department when enlisted on 17 July 1942. He was sent overseas in February 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his back and leg.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / 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 – Joel Frampton Gilferd