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Personal info

Full name
LAKEMAN, Walter Raymond
Date of birth
10 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Vail, Crawford County, Iowa
Hometown
Brookings County, South Dakota

Military service

Service number
37032904
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
308th Medical Battalion,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 January 1945
Place of death
South of Bihain, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 9 21

Immediate family

Members
Hans Lakeman (father)
Rosa (Schmidt) Lakeman (mother)
Carl H. Lakeman (brother)
Earl Lakeman (brother)
John Lakeman (brother)
Edward Lakeman (brother)
Edmund W. Lakeman (brother)
Pearl Lakeman (sister)
Ray D. Lakeman (brother)
Floyd A. Lakeman (brother)

More information

PFC Walter R. Lakeman graduated from Brookings Public School in Brookings, South Dakota.

He was killed due to a chest wound from a mortar shell.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Smith Family Tree, http://vetaffairs.sd.gov

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, http://vetaffairs.sd.gov