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Personal info

Full name
WEHRY, John Henry
Date of birth
4 January 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana
Hometown
Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36890813
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
36th Armored Infantry Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 August 1944
Place of death
Near Soissons, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 43 25

Immediate family

Members
Henry Wehry (father)
Marguerite (Dennerline) Wehry (mother)
Clara Wehry (sister)
Leona Wehry (sister)
Martha J. (Norton) Wehry (wife)
John H. Wehry (son)

More information

Pvt John H. Wehry was employed in the accounting department of General Motors in Detroit.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Solers, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Card / 1950 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy