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Personal info

Full name
WHITTINGTON, Albert Edward
Date of birth
31 January 1924
Age
21
Place of birth
Carbon County, Washington
Hometown
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39479966
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimschweiler-Zweibrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 17 24

Immediate family

Members
Charles A. Whittington (father)
Harriet (Bierman) Whittington (mother)
Helen L. Whittington (sister)
Betty J. Whittington (sister)
Jerry C. Whittington (brother)

More information

Pvt Albert E. Whittington was a farmhand.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 18 August 1944.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for his actions on 16 March 1945 in the vicinity of Neualtheim - Riesweiler, Germany.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

He is also remembered at the Whittington Cemetery.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Brenda Marshall & Mary McIntyre