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Personal info

Full name
JUERGENSEN, Walter Sievert
Date of birth
5 November 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas
Hometown
Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37243407
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
376th Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
Bannholz Woods, north of Sinz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 6 30

Immediate family

Members
Sievert J. Juergensen (father)
Ida Juergensen (mother)
Hattie A. Juergensen (sister)
Hedwig E. Juergensen (sister)
William A. Juergensen (brother)
Gertrude I. Juergensen (sister)
Emil J. Juergensen (brother)
Andrew P. Juergensen (bother)
Alvin J. Juergensen (brother)
Esther E. Juergensen (sister)
Florence E. Juergensen (sister)
Clarence O. Juergensen (brother)
Dorothy A. (Fetrow) Juergensen (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter S. Juergensen graduated from Great Bend High School.

He was inducted 26 November 1942 and trained at Camp Phillips and Camp McCain, Mississippi.

Pfc Juergensen is remembered at the Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend, Barton County, Kansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Carlile Family Tree, http://www.94thinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Ray Davidson

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Kristi Monroe Bender / Ray Davidson