Source Documents
Record | Events | Title | Source Website | Type | Created | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Fold3 | Image | Feb 24, 2013 | ||||
| Fold3 | Image | Jul 27, 2020 | ||||
| Fold3 | Image | Jul 27, 2020 | ||||
| US, Medal of Honor Recipients, 1863-2013 | Fold3 | Image | Oct 23, 2013 | |||
| Fold3 | Image | Jul 27, 2020 | ||||
| Birth, Custom, Enlistment, Military Service, Other, People | US, WWII Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 |  Fold3 | Index Record | Nov 27, 2008 | ||
 Fold3 | Memorial | Oct 7, 2013 |
Source URLs
URL | Events | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walter C. Wetzel - Medal of Honor Winner | Private First Class Walter C. Wetzel, 13th Infantry Regiment As acting squad leader in the regimental Anti-Tank Company, PFC Wetzel defended his platoon's command post from an enemy attack on 3 April 1945. Wetzel threw himself on either 1 or 2 enemy grenades (sources vary) thrown into the command post. His Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously. This page includes a first-hand account from one of the soldiers who was with him that morning in the command post. |
Other Sources
Source | Events | |
|---|---|---|
http://www.adoptiegraven-database.nl/index.php?option=com_content&id=433:wetzel-walter-c&Itemid=151 | Birth, Other | |
http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/citations23.html#W | Death |