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Personal info

Full name
WHIPPLE, George E
Date of birth
21 May 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Ulster County, New York
Hometown
Kingston, Ulster County, New York

Military service

Service number
42086172
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pournoy-la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 10 25

Immediate family

Members
George J. Whipple (father)
Jeannie E. (Birck) Whipple (mother)
Catherine Whipple (sister)
Josephine T. (Lukaszewski) Whipple (wife)
Joane Whipple (daughter)

More information

Pvt. George E. Whipple was a truck driver for the Everett and Treadwell Co. in Broadway.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 3 March 1944 and was stationed at Camp Wheeler, Georgia and Fort Dix.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Lukaszewski Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Kingston Daily Freeman - 10 May 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem, www.newspapers.com - The Kingston Daily Freeman - 10 May 1944