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Personal info

Full name
ELLIOTT, Walter Martin
Date of birth
31 March 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
DeKalb County, Alabama
Hometown
Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34948378
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
378th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
5 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 13 9

Immediate family

Members
Walter M. Elliott Sr. (father)
Sarah V. (Burton) Elliott (mother)
Frank E. Elliott (brother)
Sarah A. Elliott (sister)
James W. Elliott (brother)
Billy R. Elliott (brother)
Catherine (King) Elliott (wife)

More information

Pfc Walter M. Elliott enlisted at Fort McPherson Atlanta Georgia on 31 May 1944.

He was severely wounded by a German Panzerfaust.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Billy R. Elliott (brother), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Michel Beckers/ John Katkins