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Personal info

Full name
WATERS, Walter Louis
Date of birth
23 January 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Benton, Yazoo County, Mississippi
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
34624766
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
401st Glider Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 13 19

Immediate family

Members
Wyatt S. Waters (father)
Martha S. (Luby) Waters (mother)
Leslie L. Waters (brother)
Wyatt S Waters Jr. (brother)
John W. Waters (brother)
James M. Waters (brother)
Jack F. Waters (brother)
Mattie F. Waters (sister)
Fred W. Waters (brother)
Bettie A. Waters (sister)
David A. Waters (brother)
Herbert H. Waters (brother)
Adam L. Waters (brother)

More information

Pfc Waters was initially buried at Foy Cemetery near Bastogne in Belgium.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.newspapers.com - Clarion-Ledger

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - Clarion-Ledger