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Personal info

Full name
SAUK, Walter Arthur
Date of birth
28 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York
Hometown
Buffalo, Erie County, New York

Military service

Service number
12016405
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Engineer Combat Battalion,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 January 1945
Place of death
South of Büllingen, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 9 15

Immediate family

Members
Wladyslaw Sauk (father)
Adam Belasik (stepfather)
Tillie (Segal) Sauk (mother)
Stella Sauk (sister)
Viola Sauk (sister)
Spohia Belasik (half sister)
Adam Belasik (half brother)

More information

Pfc Walter A. Sauk was a sales clerk before he joined the Regular Army in Buffalo, New York on 14 October 1940.

His parents were born in Poland.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet