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Personal info

Full name
WALKO, Michael
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Pennsylvania
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-36103525
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Marly, Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 47 31

Immediate family

Members
Peter Walko(father)
Sue Walko (mother)
John Walko (brother)
Anne Walko (sister)

More information

2nd Lt Michael Walko was a painting clerk before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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