WWII Army Buddies/Vallis & Smith

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LeAnn Vallis Fekjan

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WWII Army Buddies/Vallis & Smith

Army buddies Merle Smith on the left and Fred Walter Vallis (1923-1976)on the right. Photo taken top side, Camp Haan, California. Both men served in the Europan theatre, arriving Omaha beachhead July 14, 1944.

Date & Place: 1943 in Camp Haan, California United States

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Merle Smith

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Fred Walter Vallis Mar 23, 1923 - Aug 1976

Fred Walter Vallis was born on March 23, 1923, and died at age 53 years old in August 1976. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Fred Walter Vallis.

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LeAnn Vallis Fekjan

Greetings. I am a part-time family historian researching: *** 18th & 19th century Middlesex and Buckinghamshire England family roots. Surnames include, VALLIS, TAYLOR, PALMER, CUTLER, PICKERING, HEDGES and SCRIVEN. Known 1800's Middlesex roots are specific to Poplar/Millwall. Buckinghamshire connections include the areas of Winslow, Swanbourne, Stewkley, Wing and Leighton Buzzard. *** U.S. family roots include ROSS and ROMAINE families from New York who went westward to settle in Kansas and Missouri. ***German Russian family roots include BOHL, KAHLER, HUCK, SPREIER, SCHULDEIS, SCHULTHEIS, FEUERSTEIN,GAS, JAEGER, EIKMEIER surnames. Our family immigrated from Russia; some family members came to the U.S., settling in the midwest. Other family members immigrated to Argentina.

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