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Personal info

Full name
FARNSWORTH, Walter F
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan
Hometown
Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36459615
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
357th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 October 1944
Place of death
Maizière-Lès-Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 18 13

Immediate family

Members
Walter F. Farnsworth (father)
Georgia (McNabb) Farnsworth (mother)
Margaret L. Farnsworth (sister)
George E. Farnsworth (brother)
Donna M. (Savage) Farnsworth (wife)

More information

Sgt Walter J. Farnsworth attended high school for 2 years and was a driver before he enlisted in Kalamazoo, Michigan on 1 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Farnsworth Weirauch Family Trees / 1930 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S