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SPENCER, Walter Thomas - Date of
birth
27 August 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts -
Hometown
Saugus, Essex County, Massachusetts
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31302468 -
Rank
Corporal -
Function
unknown -
Unit
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
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Awards
unknown
Death
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Status
Died non-Battle - Date of
death
4 April 1945 - Place of
death
Gliesmaroderstrasse
Braunschweig, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| A | 16 | 8 |
Immediate family
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Members
Walter T. Spencer (father)
Mary A. (Lucey) Spencer (mother)
Helen L. Spencer (sister)
Francis E. Spencer (brother)
Marion F. Spencer (sister)
Sophie T. Spencer (wife)
More information
Cpl Walter T. Spencer attended high school for four years and was a driver.He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 March 1943.
Cpl Walter T. Spencer was taken prisoner in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium on 22 December 1944. He was held prisioner in Stalag IV-B in Mühlberg. According to German records he died in a Lazarett in Braunschweig, most likely from malnutrician. It can be assumed he died during a forced march when the Allied prisoners were evacuated to the west, away from the Russian advance.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Francis E. Spencer, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten