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PETE, Walter J - Date of
birth
5 December 1917 -
Age
27 - Place of
birth
Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana -
Hometown
Delaware County, Indiana
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35169868 -
Rank
Sergeant -
Function
Squad Leader -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
30 October 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Bauchem, Germany
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten - Walls of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Joseph Pete (father)
Savina Pete (mother)
John Pete (brother)
Rural Pete (brother)
Betty M. (Wimmer) Pete (wife)
Diana J. (Clark) Pete (daughter)
More information
Sgt Walter Pete worked in a slaughtery.He enlisted on 16 October 1941 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. He was sent overseas in July 1944.
The second Bronze Star was awarded to him posthumously. The citation stated: He went to the relief of his commanding officer, who was isolated and in danger of capture or death by the enemy. Arriving at his commanding officer's position, Sgt Pete assumed the offensive and was last seen pursuing the enemy, in the vicinity of Bauchem, Germany.
On 29 October 1944 he participated in a night raid on Bauchem. The raid was made over open terrain in a widely dispersed formation which caused him to become separated from the other members of his company.
Investigation teams visited and searched the area around Bauchem on 17 June, 1 and 7 October and 6 November 1947 without any result.
Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Diana J. Clark Pete, Jo Purnot, www.wwiimemorial.com, IDPF of Robert W. Seeger
Photo source: www.wwiimemorial.com, Diana J. Clark Pete, Peter Schouteten