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Personal info

Full name
WEBB, John B
Date of birth
12 January 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Marion County, Kentucky
Hometown
Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15046418
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 27 34

Immediate family

Members
Thomas W. Webb (father)
Cora B. (Jones) Webb (mother)
Herbert Webb (brother)
Ida L. Webb (sister)
Raymond W. Webb (brother)
Jennie S. Webb (sister)
Jean (Smith) Webb (wife)

More information

Pfc John B. Webb enlisted in the Regular Army at Ft. Knox, Kentucky on 1 October 1940.

He was a chauffeur before he enlisted.

He first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Webb Family Tree / Kentucky Birth Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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