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Personal info

Full name
VRANESIC, Walter Philip
Date of birth
30 September 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33501133
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 4 49

Immediate family

Members
John P. Vranesic (father)
Jennie (Yoklisch) Vranesic (mother)
Jennie L. Vranesic (sister)
Paul M. Vranesic (brother)
John F. Vranesic (brother)
Joseph C. Vranesic (brother)
Jack F. Vranesic (brother)
Margaret Vranesic (sister)
Phyllis M. Vranesic (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter P. Vranesic was employed at The Cornwall Ore Mines before he enlisted in February 1943 and received training at Fort Bliss, Texas and Marysville, California.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947, www.newspapers.com - The Daily News Lebanon, Pennsylvania - 10 March 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.newspapers.com - The Daily News Lebanon, Pennsylvania - 10 March 1945