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Personal info

Full name
WILMOTH, Arnold Harold
Date of birth
18 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Roane, Roane County, West Virginia
Hometown
Kanawha County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35771977
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Vossenack-Schmidt, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Isaac C. Wilmoth (father)
Nettie B. (Ellis) Wilmoth (mother)
Verba L. Wilmoth (sister)

More information

Pvt Arnold H. Wilmoth attended Stonewall Joackson High School before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 9 August 1943. He was sent overseas in June 1944.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - West Virginia Birth Index, 1853-1969 / My Conley-Rogers Family Tree, www.myheritage.nl - Charleston Gazette

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Kenny Davis, www.myheritage.nl - Charleston Gazette