Capt Walter Stewart Van Poyck (1914-1972)

Capt Walter Stewart Van Poyck

Birth

26 Jan 1914

Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA

Death

16 Dec 1972 (aged 58)

Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA

Burial

Miami Memorial Park Cemetery

Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, USA Add to Map

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Captain Walter Stewart Van Poyck joined the U.S.ARMY 3 MONTHS before PEARL HARBOUR ,THEN he volunteered for the 82ND-AIRBORNE -ALL-AMERICAN-DIVISION .SERVED IN AFRICA,SICILY,ITALY,ENGLAND,AND HOLLAND ON OCT 3 1944,ACTIVE DUTY CEASED WHEN GERMAN MORTAR AT ERLEKON TOOK HIS RIGHT LEG AND PART OF HIS LEFT FOOT. AWARDS INCLUDED PURPLE HEART -BRONZE AND SILVER STARS .RETIRED AS MAJOR IN DECEMBER 1946

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Mrs Phyllis Herland Van Poyck

1921–1956 (m. 1947)

Children

William Edward "Bill" Van Poyck

1954–2013

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