Cassel, Valter Lee – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Sergeant Valter Lee Cassel.

Unit/Placed in, 119^th Infantry Regiment, 30^th Infantry Division “Old Hickory”.

Valter is born on 2 July 1919 in Wood County, Texas.

Father, Valter Pomrey Cassel.

Mother, Rosa Lee (Cox) Cassel.

Sister(s), Anah, Annis, Tandie Lolita and Sybil Cassel.

Brother(s), Infant?, Herman, Stafford, Alto and Doyle Cassel.

Valter enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 20812151.

Valter was KIA in the Fights with the Germans near St. Lo on 31 July 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Valter was first buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer, Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.

Valter was reburied in 1948 at Shady Grove Cemetery, Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas, USA.

Thanks to, https://www.30thinfantry.org/

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LX9X-M8L

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano