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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, George Elwyn
Date of birth
19 March 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Randolph, Kennebec County, Maine
Hometown
Randolph, Kennebec County, Maine

Military service

Service number
31400631
Rank
Private First Class
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
H 15 6

Immediate family

Members
George A. White (father)
Grace E. (Harriman) White (mother)
Marjorie E. White (sister)
Kenneth E. White (brother)
Joseph R. White (brother)
Lois E. White (sister)
Alberta N. (Talbot) White (wife)
Jennifer M. White (daughter)

More information

George E. White was employed at Gardiner Coal and Supply Company.

He enlisted in Portland, Maine on 6 January 1944.

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 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, the 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Kennebec Journal - 7 March 1945