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Personal info

Full name
WOLFENBARGER, Arnold F
Date of birth
25 March 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Harrogate, Claiborne County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34185903
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 14 47

Immediate family

Members
Floyd Wolfenbarger (father)
Pearlie Wolfenbarger (mother)
Chester Wolfenbarger (brother)
Shelby Wolfenbarger (brother)
Clayton Wolfenbarger (brother)
Arlee Wolfenbarger (brother)
Ruby Wolfenbarger (sister)
Lois Wolfenbarger (sister)
Hazel Wolfenbarger (sister)

More information

Arnold F. Wolfenbarger enlisted on 16 January 1942 and was sent overseas January 1944.

He was reported wounded in action in France on 21 June 1944. He rejoined his unit three months later.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com Middlesboro Daily News 17 January 1945, http://1-22infantry.org

Photo source: Astrid van Erp