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Personal info

Full name
WEBSTER, Virgil Roscoe
Date of birth
21 January 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Madison County, Indiana
Hometown
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35896889
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
8th Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 November 1944
Place of death
Düren/Grosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 2 3

Immediate family

Members
Daniel F. Webster (father)
Bertha F. (Dunnham) Webster (mother)
Hazel V. Webster (sister)
Bernice A. Webster (sister)
William H. Webster (brother)
Howard J. Webster (brother)
Ruth Webster (wife)

More information

Pfc Virgil R. Webster enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 16 October 1943.

He worked at Delco-Remy before he entered the service.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cellio Family Tree / 1940 Census, Madison County Historical Society - Suzy Chambers, Emilie Isenhour

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Madison County Historical Society Anderson Daily Bulletin 12 December 1944.