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Personal info

Full name
WITTY, Everett J
Date of birth
6 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Detroit, Pike County, Illinois
Hometown
Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36430579
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 November 1944
Place of death
Near Sainte-Pôle, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 7 19

Immediate family

Members
Raymond C. Witty (father)
Georgia A. (Garrison) Witty (mother)
Velma R. Witty (sister)
Wilma M. Witty (sister)
Marjorie A. Witty (sister)
Margaret Witty (wife)

More information

Pfc Everett J. Witty was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 10 October 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire in his stomach.

He is remembered at the Crescent Heights Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Pike County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Kathy Robinson / Coleman
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Candase Smith / Kathy Robinson