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Personal info

Full name
WHITEHEAD, Hubert Littleton
Date of birth
25 June 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Headland, Henry County, Alabama
Hometown
Cottonwood, Houston County, Alabama
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
34917154
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
417th Infantry Regiment,
76th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Echternach, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 3

Immediate family

Members
Hasten H. Whitehead (father)
Myrtle E. (Causey) Whitehead (mother)
Enoch R. Whitehead (brother)
Annette Whitehead (sister)
Annie Lou Whitehead (sister)
Winfred H. Whitehead (brother)
Cecile C. Whitehead (brother)

More information

Pfc Hubert L. Whitehead enlisted at Fort McClellan, Alabama on 1 January 1944.

He is also remembered at the Ramah Baptist Church Cemetery, Houston County, Alabama.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Records / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men 1940-1947
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Judi McCardle Pantano