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Personal info

Full name
WALSH, John J
Date of birth
3 September 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Mount Vermont, Westchester County, New York
Hometown
Putnam County, New York

Military service

Service number
12128006
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
415th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Zevenbergen, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
unknown

Immediate family

Members
John J. Walsh (father)
Hilda Marie (Koepper) Walsh (mother)
Arthur Walsh (brother)
Donald Walsh (brother)

More information

Pfc John J. Walsh graduated from Peekshill High School in 1940 and attended Manhattan College on a track scholarship.

He joined the National Guard in New York City, New York on 27 August 1942.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.104infdiv.org, Census / www.ancestry.com -
U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Ralph Peeters