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Personal info

Full name
MC ELROY, Walter Everett
Date of birth
9 June 1917
Age
28
Place of birth
Arkansas
Hometown
Porter, Wagoner County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38322144
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
3941st Quartermaster Truck Company
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
21 October 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 1 24

Immediate family

Members
Walter A. Mc Elroy (father)
Charles D. Hawkins (stepfather)
Nettie (Marcum) Mc Elroy (mother)
Ruby G. Mc Elroy (sister)
Mary Mc Elroy (sister)
John C. Mc Elroy (brother)
George L. Mc Elroy (brother)
William C. Mc Elroy (brother)
Helen E. Mc Elroy (sister)
Garland Mc Elroy (brother)
Edith Mc Elroy (wife)
Donna S. Mc Elroy (daughter)

More information

T/5 Walter E. Mc Elroy graduated from Porter High School in 1937.

He enlisted in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 11 November 1942.

Before transfered to the European Theatre of Operations, he served with his unit in Iran.

T/5 Mc Elroy died as the result of a skull fracture suffered in a vehicle accident.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach