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Personal info

Full name
SCHWARTZ, Walter Carl
Date of birth
25 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
West Saint Paul, Dakota County, Minnesota
Hometown
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota
Religion
Jewish

Military service

Service number
37773625
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
71st Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 May 1945
Place of death
Fernstein, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 20 33

Immediate family

Members
Walter H. Schwartz (father)
Dorothy C. (Liebisch) Schwartz (mother)
Roy W. Schwartz (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter C. Schwartz attended high school for one year and was employed at the Lion Brand Paints before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 5 September 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census / Minnesota Birth Index / U.S. WWII Jewish Servicemen Cards / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
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