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Personal info

Full name
JORGENSEN, Walter Julious
Date of birth
6 October 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Dannebrog, Howard County, Nebraska
Hometown
Boelus, Howard County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37127361
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
30 September 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 7 46

Immediate family

Members
Hans C. Jorgensen (father)
Johanna E. (Brunn) Jorgensen (mother)
Karen M. Jorgensen (sister)
Francis B. Jorgensen (brother)
Milton A. Jorgensen (brother)
Martha M. Jorgensen (sister)
George H. Jorgensen (brother)
Ernest A. Jorgensen (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter J. Jorgensen enlisted on 11 June 1941.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Radford Family Tree, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Union48
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