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Personal info

Full name
GAULKE, Walter Max
Date of birth
227 January 1921
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Big Stone County, Minnesota
Hometown
Moyer, Swift County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37585013
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Mailly-sur-Seille, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 23 31

Immediate family

Members
Robert A. Gaulke (father)
Helen Gaulke (mother)
Arthur A. Gaulke (brother)
Leo Gaulke (brother)
Alma Gaulke (sister)
Lyda Gaulke (sister)
Esther Gaulke (sister)
Bertha Gaulke (sister)
Clara Gaulke (sister)
Lila Gaulke (sister)
Arnold Gaulke (brother)
Evelyn Gaulke (sister)
Renate Gaulke (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter M. Gaulke worked on the family farm when he enlisted on 16 February 1942.

He is remembered in the Lutheran Cemetery in Swift County, Minnesota.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Minnesota Births, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Larry K / Judy VV