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Personal info

Full name
WHIDDON, William Everett
Date of birth
19 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Fields, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Beauregard Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
O1316946
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
110th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 September 1944
Place of death
German-Luxembourg border

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 9 44

Immediate family

Members
William C. Whiddon (father)
Stella A. (Spikes) Whiddon (mother)
Ethel Whiddon (sister)
Leon A. Whiddon (brother)
Doris Whiddon (sister)
Lonnie Whiddon (brother)
Altha B. (Williamson) Whiddon (wife)

More information

1Lt William E. Whiddon was married to Altha Bell Williamson on 2 September 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census, Small Family Tree, Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com - Wayne Cappen

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet