US PARAS Vanmeter, Walter E.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Vanmeter ​

• FORENAME

Walter E. ​

• UNIT

508 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company G) ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

35485089 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

20th June 1944 ​

• AGE

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• GRAVESITE

Normandy American Cemetery,France Tablets of the Missing ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Portage County,Ohio​

entered service 18.2.1942 Louisville,Kentucky​

WIA 20.6.1944 Pretot,Normandy​

left behind during advance and not heard of since​

some records give date as 4.7.1944 (apparent error)​

award Bronze Star​

MIA Pretot,Normandy​

declared dead 5.7.1945 ​