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Personal info

Full name
BOGACZ, Walter Lawrence
Date of birth
14 January 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Three Rivers, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31130385
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Weilmünster, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 11 6

Immediate family

Members
Mary Bogacz (mother)
Michell Bogacz (brother)
Sophia Bogacz (sister)
Michael Bogacz (brother)
Joseph Bogacz (brother)
Pauline Bogacz (wife)
Lawrence Bogacz (son)
Donald Bogacz (son)
Janet Bogacz (daughter)

More information

Pfc Walter L. Bogacz enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 19 September 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Enlistment Record
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Patricia Blais