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WALSH, Rudolph - Date of
birth
24 November 1924 -
Age
21 -
Place of birth
West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky -
Hometown
Morgan County, Kentucky
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35778771 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster,
French Croix de Guerre with Palm
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
22 January 1946 - Place of
death
Reipertswiller, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Beverly Walsh (father)
Amelia (Howard) Walsh (mother)
Mary P. Walsh (sister)
Betty Walsh (sister)
Franklin Walsh (brother)
Wilda Walsh (sister)
More information
Pvt Rudolph Walsh attended high school for 2 years and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 30 December 1943.He was officially declared death one year and one day after he went missing and was presumed death. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Offwiller. His remains were never recovered.
Pvt Walsh is remembered at Salyer Cemetery in West Liberty, Morgan County, Kentucky with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Have Paws will travel / Charging Forward KY