Welch Alvin Sylvester

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Alvin Sylvester Welch is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

First Division -Henri Chapelle

Name:

Alvin Sylvester Welch

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Serial Number:

12003436

Unit:

18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division

Date of Death:

1944-09-21

State:

Pennsylvania

Cemetery:

Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Belgium

Plot:

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart

Comments:

Alvin S. Welch was born on June 22, 1916 in Melrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Sylvester Welch and Mildred Genevieve Meade Welch. He was married to Mrs. Jennie Welch of Nicols, NY. He enlisted on September 16, 1940 and served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Staff Sergeant in Company L, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on September 21, 1944 and is now buried in Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Hombourg, Belgium.