Walter E. Romanofsky [2507]

  Noted events in his life were:

• He served in the military US Army, Private First Class, 31066586 between 19 Feb 1942 and 3 Apr 1945 in Fort Devens, Massachusetts. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 Record
Name: Walter Romanofsky Birth Year: 1919 Race: White, citizen Nativity State or Country: Connecticut State: Connecticut County or City: New London Enlistment Date: 19 Feb 1942 Enlistment State: Massachusetts Enlistment City: Fort Devens Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA Grade: Private Grade Code: Private Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men) Source: Civil Life Education: Grammar school Marital Status: Single, without dependents Height: 65 Weight: 161

• He received the Purple Heart on 3 Apr 1945. see http://www.abmc.gov/search/wwii.php

U.S. Awards:Purple Heart Medal

• He served in the military Private First Class, 8th Tank Battalion, 4th Armoured Division in 1943 in Lorraine, France. The main body of troops sailed from Boston 29 December 1943. The division disembarked in Wales and entrained for camps in Wiltshire, Chippenham, Trowbridge, Devizes and Bath, England.

The 4th Armored became part of VIII Corps in Gen. Patton's Third Army.
Tanks from the 8th Tank Battalion. rumbled into the Moselle Valley at Bayon, south of Nancy on 11 Sept 1944. In November the battalion captured Destry, Morhange, and overrun Guebling after bitter fighting. They pushed to the Sarre River where the 8th Tank seized Fenetrange on Thanksgiving Day.
The 8th Tank Battalion and the 10th Armormer Infantry Battalion took the village of Chaumont, which changed hands three times before the rubble heaps were taken, December 23-26 to relive the entrapped US Army at Bastogne.

• Burial: Plot A Row 21 Grave 23, Lorraine American Cemetery, 1945, St Avold, France. see http://www.abmc.gov/search/wwii.php

World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas Record
Name:Walter Romanofsky
Inducted From:Connecticut
Rank:Private First Class
Combat Organization:8th Tank Battalion 4th Armoured Division
Death Date:Apr 03 1945
Monument:Lorraine, France
Last Known Status:Buried
U.S. Awards:Purple Heart Medal

• He had a web site at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Genealogy\Multimedia\Images\Romanofsky\lo_pict.pdf. from http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/lo_pict.pdf

• He had a web site at C:\Users\Public\Documents\Genealogy\Multimedia\Images\Romanofsky\lo.wmv. from http://media.oaktreesys.com/abmc/video/cemeteries/lo.wmv

• He appeared on the Federal census in 1920 in Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. ³

• He served in the military 4th Armored Division, 51st Armored Infantry Battalion and 8th Tank Battalion 15 Apr 1941 to Jul 1944. 4th Armored Division was activated 15 April 1941 at Pine Camp, New York. The 4th Armored Division trained in New York for 16 months before reaching the Tennessee manoeuvres in the Cumberland Mountains. In mid-November 1942 the division moved to the Mojave Desert Training Center. After six months of rugged desert training, The 4th Armored Division arrived at Camp Bowie, Texas in June 1943, and manoeuvred during a broiling summer and fall until alerted for overseas duty in November. The main body of troops sailed for England from Boston harbour in December 1943 and finally landed in Normandy on Utah Beach on 11 July 1944. --- Merle Delinger http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=729

• Military: Memorial Day, 24 May 2009, Colchester, New London County, Connecticut. ⁴