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Personal info

Full name
FOUNTAIN, Walter Jack
Date of birth
17 November 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Leesville, Gonzales County, Texas
Hometown
Richmond, Fort Bend County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38412213
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Merscheid-Hoscheid, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 7 24

Immediate family

Members
William H. Fountain (father)
Mary J. (Kennedy) Fountain (mother)
Selma P. Fountain (sister)
William J. Fountain (brother)
Oscar K. Fountain (brother)
Velma J. Fountain (sister)
Bill Fountain (brother)
Thelma Fountain (sister)
Jack O. Fountain (brother)
Grady O. Fountain (brother)
Abbie P. Fountain (sister)
Kader Fountain (brother)
Jessie E. Fountain (brother)
Betty J. (Myers) Fountain (wife)

More information

Sgt Walter J. Fountain attended 1 year of high school and worked as a machinist at Vegetale Canning Company before he enlisted in Houston, Texas on 15 January 1943.

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

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery