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Personal info

Full name
WHITMAN, Duane
Date of birth
14 April 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lexington County, South Carolina
Hometown
Batesburg, Lexington County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
14007887
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
13th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
24 November 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Charlie N. Whitman (father)
Essie L. (Warren) Whitman (mother)
Essie L. (Roherson) Whitman (sister)
George C. Whitman (brother)
James L. Whitman (brother)
Duett W. Whitman (brother)
Dorothy Whitman (sister)
Norman Whitman (brother)
Tennyson V. Whitman (sister)
Henry E. Whitman (brother)
Charlie N. Whitman Jr. (brother)
Frances E. (Derrick) Whitman (wife)
Dennis Whitman (son)
Gail B. Whitman (daughter)

More information

Pfc Duane Whitman enlisted in Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina on 2 October 1940.
His twin brother Duett W. Whitman died also in WWII on 20 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com – Jujulynne, www.ancestry.com – Williamson Family Tree / 1940 Census / Public Member Stories

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hannah Majewski