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Personal info

Full name
SATTERWHITE, Virgle
Date of birth
18 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Itawamba County, Mississippi
Hometown
Bexar, Marion County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
34924666
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
South of Jüngersdorf, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 13 49

Immediate family

Members
Ervin Satterwhite (father)
Ora I. Satterwhite (mother)
Elva L. Satterwhite (sister)

More information

Pvt Virgle Satterwhite enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 24 May 1944.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle Block EE, Row 2, Grave 23.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet