Name:
Walter F. Pokorny
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
6908812
Unit:
26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division
Date of Death:
1944-06-06
State:
New York
Cemetery:
Long Island National Cemetery, New York
Plot:
H
Row:
Grave:
8294
Decoration:
Comments:
Walter F. Pokorny was born on January 27, 1920 in New York, New York County (Manhattan), New York. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II as a Staff Sergeant in the 26th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He died on June 6, 1944 during the invasion on Omaha Beach, France at the age of 24 and is now buried in Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, Suffolk County, New York, USA.