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Personal info

Full name
WALTERS, Ellis John
Date of birth
10 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Adair County, Missouri
Hometown
Stahl, Adair County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37129785
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
191st Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Reipertswiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 3 18

Immediate family

Members
John S. Walters (father)
Anna E. (Campbell) Walters (mother)
Mark Walters (brother)
Paul D. Walters (brother)
Raymond Walters (brother)
Margaret L. Walters (sister)
Goldie E. Walters (sister)

More information

T/4 Ellin J. Walters was a farmhand.

On 17 and 18 January 1945 in the vicinity of Reipertwiller, the light tanks of the 191th Tank Battalion were supporting the 157th Infantry Regiment. They had to bring ammunition to the front line.

After delivering the ammunition one tank returned but was ambushed by the enemy. and his tank was hit by a panzerfaust. The crew attempted to get to the American lines, but T/4 Walters never reached the lines.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Michael V Drachman