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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, Wilbur F "Homer"
Date of birth
19 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Knox, Starke County, Indiana
Hometown
Knox, Starke County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35842630
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
F Company,
2nd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Wallendorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 15 55

Immediate family

Members
Clarence J. White (father)
Opal M. (Banta) White (mother)
Alvin C. White (brother)
Eugene W. White (brother)
Raymond V. White (brother)
Ruth White (sister)
Robert D. White (brother)
Gwendolyn M. White (sister)
Betty J. White (sister)
Fannie (Stephens) White (wife)

More information

Pfc Wilbur F. White was a mechanic employed by L.O. Gatfs Chev Corp. before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 15 June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com – Thomas Allen