Pvt. Walter Alfred Jonas
Born: 30 January 1925 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Parents: George & Elizabeth Jonas
Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister
Home:
– 1124 Beloit Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois
Education:
– Field Stevenson School, Forest Park
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1943
– left school during his senior year before class graduated
Wife: Anna Marie Osborn
– Married: 6 April 1943
Children: 1 daughter
Selective Service Registration: 30 January 1943
Contact Person: George W. Jonas – father
Inducted:
– April 1944
Serial Number: 36968298
Training:
– Unknown
Unit: 135th Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Engagements:
– Italian Campaign
Killed in Action:
– 27 April 1945
– killed while on a reconnaissance patrol
– 22 May 1945 – his wife was notified he had been Killed in Action
Buried:
– Remains Returned Home
– no information is available on where he was buried
Medals:
– Purple Heart