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Walter B Jeffries

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Walter B Jeffries Veteran

Birth
Death
14 Oct 1918 (aged 29)
France
Burial
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
I, 1706
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Walter B. Jeffries

Pvt. Walter B. Jeffries, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jeffries, San Antonio, enlisted July 22, 1918, joining the Infantry, and training at Camp Travis. Overseas in Sept., 1918, and had but just landed when taken sick, from the effects of which he died Oct. 14th. His body was brought back to San Antonio, where it rests in the National Cemetery. He gave his young life that we might be safe and free.

Bio taken from book: History Of Texas World War Heroes
Walter B. Jeffries

Pvt. Walter B. Jeffries, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jeffries, San Antonio, enlisted July 22, 1918, joining the Infantry, and training at Camp Travis. Overseas in Sept., 1918, and had but just landed when taken sick, from the effects of which he died Oct. 14th. His body was brought back to San Antonio, where it rests in the National Cemetery. He gave his young life that we might be safe and free.

Bio taken from book: History Of Texas World War Heroes

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