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Personal info

Full name
VERRY, Walter Rhea
Date of birth
1925
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Bristol County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31421868
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
51st Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Baronville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 49

Immediate family

Members
George D. Verry (father)
Anna Verry (mother)

More information

Pvt Walter R. Verry enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 21 September 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, Massachusetts / Birth Index, 1860-1970

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