SSGT
Walter L Savage (Kozyra)
Aged 24, fallen January 10, 1945
- Unit
- Headquarters Detachment, 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 39087228
- Hometown
- San Francisco, California
- Date of death
- January 10, 1945
- Classification
- Died of wounds
- Burial
- Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, New York
Staff Sergeant Walter L Savage (Kozyra), serial number 39087228, of San Francisco, California, served with the Headquarters Detachment of the 1st Battalion, 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He died of wounds on January 10, 1945, at the age of 24. He is buried at Cold Springs Cemetery, Lockport, New York.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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