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Personal info

Full name
WILKE, Walter Theodore
Date of birth
17 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36101927
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ernzen, North of Echternach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 1 62

Immediate family

Members
Edward W. Wilke (father)
Martha M. (Korte) Wilke (mother)
Robert F. Wilke (brother)
Edward Wilke (brother)
Virginia Wilke (sister)

More information

Pfc Walter T. Wilke attended Chadsey High School and was a sales clerk before he enlisted in February 1941. He was overseas since April 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1930/1940 Census / Philippeau Fam Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Detroit News - 17 March 1945