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Personal info

Full name
MALINKY, Walter
Date of birth
16 January 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Thompson, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
East Millsboro, Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33936133
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 December 1944
Place of death
Siersthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 29 44

Immediate family

Members
John Malinky (father)
Catherine (Merda) Malinky (mother)
Frank Malinky (brother)
Thomas Malinky (brother)
John Malinky (brother)
Edward Malinky (brother)
Helen Malinky (sister)
Stanley Malinky (brother)
Joseph Malinky (brother)
Marjorie Malinky (sister)

More information

Pvt Walter Malinky attended high school for two years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania on 25 April 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
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