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Personal info

Full name
WITTROCK, Elmer E
Date of birth
26 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Tilden, Chippewa County, Wisconsin
Hometown
Chippewa Falls, Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
36960055
Rank
Private
Function
Machine Gunner
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Germeter, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 11 15

Immediate family

Members
Joseph H. Wittrock (father)
Eleanor S. (Gereaux) Wittrock (mother)
Mary A. Wittrock (sister)
Leo A. Wittrock (brother)
Francis W. Wittrock (brother)
Margaret E. Wittrock (sister)
Irene R. Wittrock (sister)
Homer B. Wittrock (brother)
Maxine (Wagner) Wittrock (wife)

More information

He married Maxine Wagner on 6 July 1943 in his hometown.

Source of information: Yannick, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Anderson Family Tree, https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Three/USA-SS-Three-III-6.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Chippewa Herald 18 January 1945