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Personal info

Full name
WALTERS, Clarence
Date of birth
28 January 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36759707
Rank
Corporal
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
29 October 1945
Place of death
Chemincourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Walters (father)
Lena P. (Sferan) Walters (mother)
August Costello (stepfather)
Lorraine Walters (sister)
Anna Walters ( sister)
Joseph Costello (half-brother)
Margaret (Artman) Walters (wife)

More information

Cpl Clarence Walters was a stoonman employed by the Montgomery Ward & Co.

He was reported missing in action on 2 October 1944 when B Company was holding defensive positions in the vicinity of Chemincourt, France.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

He is remembered in the crypt of the First Unitarian Church in Chicago.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Frogman / Time Traveler