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Personal info

Full name
MODZEL, Walter Adam
Date of birth
8 November 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Rochester, Monroe County, New York
Hometown
Monroe County, New York

Military service

Service number
12030752
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
508th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Wylerbaan, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
G 4 9

Immediate family

Members
Adam E. Modzel (father)
Margaret (Kisel) Modzel (mother)
Ruth Modzel (sister)
Edward J. Modzel (brother)
Raymond J. Modzel (brother)
Irene A. Modzel (sister)
Robert Modzel (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter A. Modzel enlisted in Rochester, New York on 24 November 1941 and was transferred to a paratrooper unit in 1943. He attended Benjamin Franklin High School and went overseas in May, 1944.

He was first buried at American War Cemetery Molenhoek, the Netherlands on 2 October 1944, B-8-155.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Erwin Derhaag, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1925 Census, www.fold3.com, www.marketgarden.com, www.newspapers.com - Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester, New York)

Photo source: www.marketgarden.com, Democrat and Chronicle