BIOGRAPHY:
Private First Class Walter Kaleka is buried at the Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno/province of Rome, Italy. Plot: I, Row: 15, Grave: 48.
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SILVER STAR
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Rank:
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Private First Class
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Headquarters Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division "Fighting Blue Devils", U.S. Army
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Action:
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For action performed on 23 May 1944, in Roccasecca dei Volsci/Province of Latina, Italy.
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Details:
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Posthumously awarded. Citation unavailable.
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PURPLE HEART
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Rank:
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Private First Class
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Unit:
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Headquarters Company, 350th Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division "Fighting Blue Devils", U.S. Army
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- Wallace, J.E., The Blue Devil “Battle Mountain” Regiment in Italy – a History of the 350th Infantry Regiment 1944-1945, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1986
- Delaney, J.P. – The Blue Devils in Italy – A History of the 88th Infantry Division in World War II, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1988
- American Battle Monuments Commission
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