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Personal info

Full name
WARGIN, Raymond F
Date of birth
17 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Wisconsin
Hometown
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36960103
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
North of Heistern, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 15 35

Immediate family

Members
John F. Wargin (father)
Margareth (Stitch) Wargin (mother)
Hortense Wargin (sister)
Emily C. Wargin (sister)
Virginia Wargin (sister)
Rita Wargin (sister)
Bernard Wargin (brother)
Richard Wargin (brother)
Johnny Wargin (brother)
Isabel R. Wargin (wife)
Karen Wargin (daughter)
Jayne Wargin (daughter)

More information

Pvt. Raymond F. Wargin was employed by the Kearney & Trecker Company before enlisting in March 1944.

His father was born in Germany.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - various family trees / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Laura, The Milwaukee Journal - 16 December 1944