Walter John Dobek

World War II · US Army

rivate in Company “C,” 146th Engineer Combat Battalion killed in action at Omaha Beach on D-Day in Normandy

Timeline

Birth- 28/09/1922

Wilmington, Delaware

1939 - 1945World War II- Ages: 22 - 20 years

Served For

United States of America

Conflict Period

World War II

Branch

Army

Gold Star

Theater

European

Unit

Company “C,” 146th Engineer Combat Battalion

Service Start Date

29/12/1942

Gold Star

Service Number

32485323

Casualty- 6/06/1944-Age: 22 years

Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

Award

Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation

Death- 6/06/1944-Age: 22 years

Omaha Beach, Normandy, France

Burial

U.S. Military Cemetery St. Laurent, France (now Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial): Plot I, Row 11, Grave 10

Other Facts

Walter Dobek (left) with an unidentified soldier (Courtesy of the Wyszynski family).jpg

2008 photo of Walter Dobek's grave at the Normandy American Cemetery draped with the flag presented to his family after his funeral (Courtesy of the Wyszynski family).jpg

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