Date of birth:

1921 (Lowell/Massachusetts, United States)

Date of death:

June 30th, 2015

Nationality:

American

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Unit:

Company I, 115th Infantry Regiment

For action performed on 26 August 1944, near Hill 81 west of Bohars/Finistère département, Brittany, France.

• - Balkoski, J., From Beachhead to Brittany – The 29th Infantry Division at Brest, August-September 1944, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, U.S.A., 2008
  - Golann, D., Walter Hedlund is hometown hero, Chelmsford Independent, Massachusetts, United States, July 02, 2008
  - The Library of Congress - Veterans History Project