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Personal info

Full name
WHEAT, Warner Raymond
Date of birth
20 September 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Lempster, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31102730
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Battery,
466th Parachute Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division,
Machine Gun Section
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Near Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 10 6

Immediate family

Members
George F. Wheat (father)
Celia H. (Mansfield) Wheat (mother)
Warren R. Wheat (brother)

More information

Cpl Warner R. Wheat enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 23 March 1942.
His commanding officer, Lt Col Kenneth L. Booth wrote a letter to his parents on 11 April 1945, explaining what happened to their son: ""Cpl Wheat's death was caused by small arms fire from automatic weapons encountered on the drop zone. His death must have been instantaneous."

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Family Tree, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Susan Wheat