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Personal info

Full name
WALTERS, Richard Thomas
Date of birth
15 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota
Hometown
New Haven, Olmsted County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37596535
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 March 1945
Place of death
Near Koblenz. Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 5 22

Immediate family

Members
Clayton L. Walters (father)
Agnes S. (Angell) Walters (mother)
David W. Walters (brother)
Evelyn M. Walters (wife)

More information

Pfc Richard T. Walters worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 14 June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fire to his neck.

Source of information: Petere Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Inmterment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Vickie / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery