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name
FERRARI, Walter L - Date of
birth
1917 -
Age
unknown - Place of
birth
Pennsylvania -
Hometown
Hancock County, West Virginia
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35713122 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
18 November 1944 - Place of
death
Pont du Sauvage
Longeville-lès-Metz, France
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| J | 31 | 37 |
Immediate family
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Members
Albert Ferrari (father)
Edith Ferrari (mother)
Oscar Ferrari (brother)
Olive Ferrari (sister)
Anna J. (Olenick) Ferrari (wife)
More information
Pvt Walter L. Ferrari attended high school for four years and was an office machine operator.He enlisted at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 23 December 1942.
On the order of General Kittel, on the morning of 18 November 1944, the Pont du Sauvage was blown up at the moment men of I Company began to cross it. Fifteen men were killed.
For his action that day, Pvt Ferrari was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously.
Together with the other killed members of his unit, he is remembered on a plaque at the bridge.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / West Virginia Marriages Index / 1940 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
Photo source: -, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php