US PARAS Modzel, Walter A.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Modzel ​

• FORENAME

Walter A. ​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company E) ​

• RANK

Private First Class ​

• NUMBER

12030752 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

2nd October 1944 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot G Row 4 Grave 9 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Monroe County, New York​

born 08.11.1923, Rochester, New York, USA​

father Adam Modzel (1886-1949)​

mother Margaret Elizabeth (nee Kisel) Modzel (1889-1966)​

3 years high school​

attended Benjamin Franklin High School​

civil occupation shipping and receiving clerks​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

entered service 24.11.1941 Rochester, New York​

Next of kin - Sister. Mrs. Irene M. McMichael, 2783 Ridge Road, West Rochester, New York​

DOW Wylerbaan, Holland ​

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