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Personal info

Full name
DE WALT, Elwood Richard
Date of birth
25 August 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Boiling Springs, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33235187
Rank
Private
Function
Cook
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Ringel, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 1 70

Immediate family

Members
Abram, W. De Walt (father)
Dorothy M. (Goodling) De Walt (mother)
Lloyd A. De Walt (brother)
Marguerite S. De Walt (sister)
Kenneth W. De Walt (brother)
Clair W. De Walt (brother)
Gladys M. (Libhart) De Walt (wife)
Richard E. De Walt (son)

More information

Pvt Elwood R. De Walt was employed as a cook at Carlisle Diner.

He enlisted in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on 2 July 1942 and was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Gooding Wolf Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Youg Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Joel Frampton Gilfert