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Personal info

Full name
INNES, Walter J
Date of birth
1909
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Hudson, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O-1310846
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 15

Immediate family

Members
James Innes (father)
Margaret E. (Bousquet) Innes (mother)
Beverly M. Innes (sister)

More information

1st Lt Walter J. Innes graduated from Heidelberg College and was a history and civics teacher at Akron Kenmore High School where he was also the basketball coach.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio on 25 July 1942 and was sent overseas in July 1944.

The first picture was taken in high school in 1930.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1910/1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949, www.newspaperarchives.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.newspapaers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal - 16 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - Heidelberg College yearbook 1930, www.newspapaers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal - 6 March 1945