One of the area’s oldest old soldiers has passed away. Walter Augustyniak of Barnegat Township, a World War II veteran, died June 2 at the age of 101.
Born in 1924 in Ashley, Pa., he graduated valedictorian of his high school class at age 16. His son, Paul Augustyniak, said his father enlisted in the Marines in 1941, six months before the U.S. entered the war. He spent most of his time in Samoa in the South Pacific.
At his home in the Pheasant Run development, he kept a memento from the World War II days – a black, cylindrical object…
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