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Personal info

Full name
WITCOMB, Arthur Kenneth
Date of birth
1924
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Canada
Hometown
Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31353865
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pounoy-la-Chétive and Sillegny, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 45

Immediate family

Members
Clarence Witcomb (father)
Claire Witcomb (mother)
Charles W. Witcomb (brother)

More information

Pfc. Arthur K. Witcomb attended Newbury High School.

He enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 28 April 1943.

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

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

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