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Personal info

Full name
HOLT, Walter Lee
Date of birth
8 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Hometown
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15064246
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Dornot-Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 14 14

Immediate family

Members
Melborne M. Holt (father)
Dorothy (Prince) Holt (mother)
William N. Holt (brother)
Jesse B. Holt (brother)
Mildred B. Holt (half sister)
James D. Holt (half brother)

More information

S/Sgt Walter L. Holt joined the Regular Army at Ft. Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 9 November 1940.
He worked on a farm before he enlisted.
He was raised by his grandmother Minerva M. Holt because his mother died when he was very young.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1910/1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Jessica Holt