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Personal info

Full name
BALDWIN, Walter Edwin
Date of birth
12 March 1911
Age
33
Place of birth
Merrick, Nassau County, New York
Hometown
Nassau County, New York

Military service

Service number
42066380
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Hürtgen Forest, in the vicinity of Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 11 76

Immediate family

Members
Walter Baldwin (father)
Mary E. Baldwin (mother)
Elsie F. Baldwin (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter E. Baldwin enlisted in New York City, New York on 14 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Danny van der Groen, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com