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Personal info

Full name
WHIPKEY, Harry Orule
Date of birth
22 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Montgomery County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35628806
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
309th Infantry Regiment,
78th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 March 1945
Place of death
Near Flammersheim, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 7 47

Immediate family

Members
Robert Whipkey (father)
Cora (Bryner) Whipkey (mother)
Dorothy M. Whipkey (sister)
Robert R. Whipkey (brother)
Milton B. Whipkey (brother)
Byron Whipkey (brother)
John L. Whipkey (brother)
Margaret A. (Barnhardt) Whipkey (wife)

More information

Pfc Harry O. Whipkey graduated from Connellsville High School and was employed in a bakery before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 13 February 1943. He first served with the Army Air Force and later was transferred to the infantry.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – James L. Cooper, Richard Blunk, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pennsylvania U.S. Veteran Compensation Application Files, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Courier

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Connellsville Pennsylvania 1933