Walter Frederick Becker

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

2234382

Unit at enlistment:

Divisional Cyclist Company

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

August 30th, 1918

Cemetery:

Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery - Pas de Calais, France - VII.E.8.

Commemorated at:

Paris Congregational Church

Birth country:

U.S.A.

Birth county:

Muscatine

Birth city:

Muscatine, Iowa

Address at enlistment:

28 Sproat Street, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A.

Next of kin address:

Moline, Illinois, U.S.A.

Trade or calling:

Sheet metal worker

Religious denominations:

Baptist

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Died of Wounds (Shrapnel wounds right chest and legs fractured). This soldier was severely wounded by enemy shell fire while taking part in the operations at Upton Wood. He was evacuated to No. 3 Canadian Field Ambulance where he succumbed to his wounds.