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Personal info

Full name
RINAS, Walter
Date of birth
28 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35058857
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Near Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 21

Immediate family

Members
Karl Rinas (father)
Matilda (Lapsch) Rinas (mother)
Ernest Rinas (brother)
Albert Rinas (brother)
Carl Rinas (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter Rinas enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 13 April 1943.

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.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Bleeb Tree, www.findagrave.com – Brenda Brandt, www.super6th.org
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Brenda Brandt