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Personal info

Full name
WEBBINK, Paul Hubert
Date of birth
6 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri
Hometown
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37521515
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
Near Gereonsweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 20 6

Immediate family

Members
Hubert P. Webbink (father)
Freda L. (Willingman) Webbink (mother)

More information

Pfc Paul H. Webbink attended William Chrisman High School in Independence, Missouri and was employed at Hatten Auto Parts.

He enlisted in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 10 April 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / WWII Draft Card, The Kansas City Star - 04 Jul 1943

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - William Christman High School Yearbook 1945