Name:
Walter Sczenski
Rank:
Corporal
Serial Number:
Unit:
26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1918-10-06
State:
Wisconsin
Cemetery:
Meuse-Argonne American Cem., Lorraine, France
Plot:
G
Row:
22
Grave:
27
Decoration:
Comments:
When Walter Sczenski was born in January 1899 in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, his father, Joseph, was 56 and his mother, Julia, was 42. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I as a Corporal in Company D, 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action on October 6, 1918 and is now buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France. His name is commemorated on the First Infantry Division monument in Saint-Juvin, France but his surname is inscribed as Sezenski.