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Personal info

Full name
WALSH, Raymond Joseph
Date of birth
5 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
13177452
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 January 1945
Place of death
Near Foy, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 3 19

Immediate family

Members
Thomas F. Walsh (father)
Margaret Walsh (mother)
Thomas Walsh (brother)
Mary Walsh (sister)
Lonetta Walsh (sister)
Catherine Walsh (sister)
Donald Walsh (brother)
Helen Walsh (sister)
Irene Walsh (sister)

More information

Cpl Raymond J. Walsh volunteered for the U.S. Army in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 14 December 1942.

He attended high school for 4 years.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten