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Personal info

Full name
WHITMER, John Isriel
Date of birth
12 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Clarion County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Monroe, Clarion County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33436241
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 3 32

Immediate family

Members
Levie F. Whitmer (father)
Amanda L. Whitmer (mother)
Hilton F. Whitmer (brother)
Sarah Whitmer (sister)
Levia Whitmer (sister)

More information

Sgt John I. Whitmer enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 1 April 1943 and was sent overseas in October 1943.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Brittany and Nathan Schons