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Personal info

Full name
MANSOLILLO, Walter W
Date of birth
22 February 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York
Hometown
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1301509
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Near Seyweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 11 38

Immediate family

Members
Marcello C. Mansolillo (father)
Margaret L. Mansolillo (mother)
Robert M. Mansolillo (brother)
Alfred A. Mansolillo (brother)

More information

1st Lt Walter W. Mansolillo attended high school for four years and was a bookkeeper and cashier before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 29 January 1941. He served in the Pacific area for nine months and then returned to the United States to attend Officer's Candidate School in 1942. After graduating from OCS, he was stationed at Fort McClelland, Alabama for a while. In January 1943 he attended the Adjutant General's School in Washington, D. C. for a course in military censorship before being sent overseas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, 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 / 1920 Census, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Bugs, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Poughkeepsie New York