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Personal info

Full name
SKINNER, Walter F
Date of birth
22 April 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
East Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Milton, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31455739
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vianden, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 1 13

Immediate family

Members
Prescott Skinner (father)
Mary J. (Paine) Skinner (mother)
Pauline F. Skinner (sister)
Prescott A. Skinner (brother)
Roy E. Skinner (brother)
Ruth Skinner (sister)
Helen Skinner (sister)
Caroline Skinner (sister)
William C. Skinner (brother)
Elizabeth M. (Fitzgerald) Skinner (wife)
Ruth A. Skinner (daughter)

More information

Pvt Walter F. Skinner graduated from Milton High School and was a clerk. He was married to Elizabeth Fitzgerald in Milton in 1935.

He enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 16 March 1944. He was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / JF Homer Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, The Boston Globe - 23 February 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Boston Globe - 23 February 1945