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Personal info

Full name
LINDE, Walter Richard
Date of birth
8 January 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Eugene, Lane County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39334361
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Katzenkopf Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 43

Immediate family

Members
Swan E. Linde (father)
Mamie Anne H. (Madigan) Linde (mother)
Wallace W. Linde (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter R. Linde attended the River Road Grammar School and Wilson Junior High School in Eugene, Oregon before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 23 June 1943.
He trained at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin and in Texas and was sent overseas in December 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947 / 1930/1940 Census
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery