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Personal info

Full name
WILHOIT, Ernest
Date of birth
3 April 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Henry County, Kentucky
Hometown
Henry County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35812899
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
26th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
24 November 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schevenhutte, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Lonnie T. Wilhoit (father)
Florence M. (McNeer) Wilhoit (mother)
Rudolph Wilhoit (brother)
Arthur Wilhoit (brother)
Harold Wilhoit (brother)
Garold Wilhoit (brother)
Hubert Wilhoit (brother)
Elizabeth M. Wilhoit (sister)
Alene Wilhoit (sister)
Gladys M. (Mason) Wilhoit (wife)

More information

Pfc Ernest Wilhoit was a farmer before he enlisted in Louisville, Kentucky on 7 January 1944.

After G Company attacked German fortifications in the vicinity of Schevenhutte, Pfc Wilhoit was reported missing in action, though the exact circumstances of his loss are unknown. Hostile presence in the area inhibited search efforts at the time, and attempts to locate of identify his remains after the war were unsuccessful.

Pfc Wilhoit was officially declared death one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1940 Census / various family trees

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Mason Moffett