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Personal info

Full name
MUHLY, Walter Alvin
Date of birth
12 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cornelius, Washington County, Oregon
Hometown
Cornelius, Washington County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39346394
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Hoesdorf, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 20

Immediate family

Members
Frederick W. Muhly (father)
Eliza M. Muhly (mother)
Martha Muhly (sister)
Elsie C. Muhly (sister)
Leonard H. Muhly (brother)
Rudolph Muhly (brother)
Clara C. Muhly (sister)
Gertrude A. Muhly (sister)
Frederick P. Muhly (brother)
Albert H. Muhly (brother)
Oscar J. Muhly (brother)
Lester E. Muhly (brother)
Blanche Muhly (sister)
Barbara M. (Brown) Muhly (wife)

More information

Pvt Walter A. Muhly attended college for one year and worked on the family farm before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 29 August 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire in the thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards / Pennsylvania Veteran Compensation Application, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem / James Burke