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Personal info

Full name
STEC, Walter T
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36759735
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 22 29

Immediate family

Members
George A. Stec (father)
Antoinette Stec (mother)
Joseph A. Stec (brother)
Florence Stec (sister)
Janny Stec (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter T Stec, was taken prisoner of war and died of his injuries in Germany. Whether he died in a POW camp or in a hospital is not known.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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