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PRIVATE WALTER F. GEORGE
JR. was born in New Jersey in 1919, the son of Walter F. and Anna
George. His early years were spent in Gloucester Township NJ, where, in
1930, the George family owned a home on Somerdale Road. Walter George
Sr. was then working as a truck driver. He was lived with his wife
Margaret and son Walter III, at 1320 Park Boulevard in Camden NJ, before
being inducted into the United States Army.
Walter F. George, Jr. had worked as a welder at the New York
Shipbuilding Company in Camden prior to entering the Army in April of
1944. He was sent overseas in October of that year.
Private George died of wounds received in
combat on November 27, 1944. He had been mortally wounded in France two days prior
to his passing.
Walter F. George was survived by his wife Margaret and his son Walter F.
George, 3rd, and a sister, Anna. He was brought home after the war,
and he was buried at New St. Mary's Cemetery in Bellmawr NJ next to his
mother. His son, Walter F. George III, died in 1975, and is buried next
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