Walter H. Hauboldt
Personal details
Born1906
Died1959
NativityUnited States
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch United States Army
ASN36252690
RankStaff Sergeant
Rank at RitchieCorporal
Camp RitchieClass 7 (15 April – 12 June 1943)
Section4
EnlistedMilwaukee, Wisconsin
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Walter H. Hauboldt was a United States Army interrogator and counterintelligence specialist who trained at Camp Ritchie, Maryland, in Class 7.

Biography edit

Walter H. Hauboldt served as an interrogator and counterintelligence specialist. He was inducted on 24 July 1942 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, completed basic military-intelligence training through October 1942, and worked with the Counter Intelligence Corps, Headquarters, Sixth Service Command, Chicago, before attachment to Camp Ritchie (Class 7).

By late 1944 he was conducting interrogations of recently released prisoners of war from the Philippines; a report dated 5 December 1944 names him as the interrogator of a repatriated POW in that series.

Research notes edit

Gallery edit

  • OCR (92%) of `5721135984574942.jpg` (MILITARY RECORD, Camp Ritchie, Military Intelligence Training Center) — dated 24 July 1942 — rank mentioned: Staff Sergeant.
  • Limited vitals; do not invent birth/death without stronger sources.

Technical record edit

Field Imported value
Approx Age at Death 53
Nara ASN 36252690
Nara Name HAUBOLDT WALTER H
Nara State 63
Nara County 79
Nara POE 6359
Nara DOE 240742
Nara Grade Alpha PVT
Nara Grade Code 8
Nara Branch Alpha BI
Nara Branch Code 0
Branch Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Nara Term or Enlistment 5
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
Defer. Date 0
Nara Source 0
Nara Nativity 63
Nativity.1 WISCONSIN
Nara Year of Birth 6
Nara Race 1
Nara Race Description White citizen
Nara Education 8
Nara Civilian Occupation 502
Nara Marital Status 6
Nara Height (inches) 67
Nara Weight (lbs) 132
Class_ASN 36252690
Class_Name HAUBOLDT, Walter H.
match_method asn_exact_name_exact
row_source both
Census_HISTID 14DE128F-1826-4BA8-B86C-EF4502671C84
Census_State WISCONSIN
Census_Relate Child
Census_Sex Male
Census_Age 34
Census_BirthYear 1906
Census_Marital Never married/single
Census_Race White
Census_BPL WISCONSIN
Census_MBPL 0
Census_FBPL 0
Census_Educ 4 years of college
Census_OCC 995

Timeline edit

  • 24 July 1942 — Inducted at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Through October 1942 — Basic military-intelligence training.
  • Class 7 — Attached to Camp Ritchie (MITC).
  • 5 December 1944 — Named as interrogator on a Philippines repatriated-POW report.

Sources edit

  • Mansell POW resources RG389 report series (RB Archive note citing Hauboldt interrogation, 5 December 1944)
  • Fold3 image linked from Hauboldt packet
  • RB Archive Fold3 / correspondence packet for Walter H. Hauboldt
  • Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
  • Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
  • NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
  • 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
  • Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2022-09-29 (1 post)
  • Facebook-linked source: mansell.com
  • OCR-reviewed Facebook gallery document: 5721135984574942.jpg