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Personal info

Full name
ST AMAND, Walter Harvey
Date of birth
18 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Thorndike, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Thorndike, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31007453
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Dieuze, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 29

Immediate family

Members
Joseph D. St Amand (father)
Louisa (Brothers) St Amand (mother)
Edward L. St Amand (brother)
Irene St Amand (sister)
William H. St Amand (brother)
Leo J. St Amand (brother)
Rita E. St Amand (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Walter H. St Amand attended high school for four years and was employed at the U.S. Rubber Co-Fisk Plant before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 6 March 1941.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his leg.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Timpf Family Tree / 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, After Action Report 26th Infantry Division
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