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Personal info

Full name
SCHWARTAU, Walter Philip
Date of birth
9 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Queens, Queens County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
20251421
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
385th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 February 1945
Place of death
East of Irrel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 85

Immediate family

Members
Henry W. Schwartau (father)
Eugenia H. (Matzner) Schwartau (mother)
Margret H. Schwartau (sister)
William P. Schwartau (brother)
Claire J. (Murphy) Schwartau (wife)
Janelle C. Schwartau (daughter)

More information

T/Sgt Walter P. Schwartau attended high school for four years and was an actor when he joined the National Guard in New York City, New York on 15 October 1940.

He was married to Claire Jacqueline Murphy on 17 December 1943 in Queens, New York City.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / New York Marriage License Index
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / LMV