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Personal info

Full name
HANDY, Walter F
Date of birth
30 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31431548
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 25 57

Immediate family

Members
Clement A. Handy (father)
Frances F. (Morris) Handy (mother)
Mary E. Handy (sister)
Irene F. Handy (sister)
Clements W. Handy (brother)
William M. Handy (brother)
Pauline G. Handy (sister)
Bernice M. (Tosi) Handy (wife)
Carol Handy (daughter)

More information

Pvt Walter F. Handy enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 28 January 1944.

He attended 1 year of college and worked in manufacture of fabricated plastic products before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Fullmer Moore Family Tree / Gocha Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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