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Personal info

Full name
WALTERS, Avery
Date of birth
13 March 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Clio, Whitley County, Kentucky
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35454645
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Urspelt, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 8 1

Immediate family

Members
Paris E. Walters (father)
Florence (Canada) Walters (mother)
Cecil M. Walters (brother)
Susie G. Walters (sister)
Raymond B. Walters (brother)
Lee M. Walters (brother)
Georgia Walters (sister)
Paris E. Walters (brother)
Kermith D. Walters (brother)
Wilma Walters (sister)

More information

Pfc Avery Walters was employed at the Aluminum Industries Inc. before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 11 May 1942. He was sent overseas in July 1944

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 / Janice Walters Brandenburg Deaton Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Cincinnati Enquirer Ohio 10 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Cory Hedin