WWII · Battle Death Record
Walter Will
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army · New York
Medal of Honor
Personnel File — Core Information
- Name
- Walter Will
- Entered the Service From
- New York
- Rank
- First Lieutenant
- Service
- U.S. Army
- Unit / Regiment
- Company K, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
- War
- WWII
- Date of Death
- March 30, 1945
- Awards
- Medal of Honor
- Burial / Memorial
- Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Netherlands
- Grave
- Plot D, Row 3, Grave 32
Their story
On 30 March 1945 near Eisern, Germany, 1st Lt. Will repeatedly braved enemy fire to rescue wounded men, single-handedly destroyed two German machine gun nests with grenades, and led his squad in neutralizing two more. He was mortally wounded during this final action and was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously.
Compiled from American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) and National Archives (NARA) records and public sources.
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