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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, Earl
Date of birth
13 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Lumberton, Robeson County, North Carolina
Hometown
Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42083407
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
414th Infantry Regiment,
104th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 January 1945
Place of death
West of the Rur River in the sector of Düren-Merken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
P 6 11

Immediate family

Members
Lilie White (mother)
Mary (Thomas) White (wife)
Donald White (son)
Bobby White (son)

More information

Pvt Earl White was employed at General Motors.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 1 June 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Robesonian