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Personal info

Full name
VERRET, Walter S
Date of birth
5 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jeanerette, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Orange, Orange County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38483395
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
7 October 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 18 12

Immediate family

Members
Fernest A. Verret (father)
Edna E. Verret (mother)
Howard A. Verret (brother)
Marian Verret (sister)
Ulyses J. Verret (brother)
Wilson J. Verret (brother)
Warren P. Verret (brother)

More information

Pfc Walter S. Verret was enlisted on 30 June 1942.

He was reported lightly wounded in action and brought to 80th Infantry Division Clearing Station on 1 October. At that time his company took positions one mile East of Montenoy, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Grey Robert Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thDivision.com
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