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Personal info

Full name
BARTROPE, Walter D
Date of birth
1 February 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Sacramento County, California
Hometown
Sacramento County, California

Military service

Service number
39408725
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
501st Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
The Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
M 14 8

Immediate family

Members
Walter Bartrope (father)
Pauline (Vanderpool) Bartrope (mother)
Charles A. Bartrope (half-brother)
Grace V. Bartrope (half-sister)
Violet Bartrope (sister)

More information

Walter Bartrope enlisted on 30 January 1943 at Sacramento, California.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Molenhoek, The Netherlands

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kathleen Lazarski