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Personal info

Full name
WHATELY, Burrell Otto
Date of birth
5 November 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Illinois
Hometown
Pontiac, Livingston County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36044164
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

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

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 2 28

Immediate family

Members
William H. Whately (father)
Elizabeth J. Whately (mother)
Robert L. Whately (brother)
Wilbur Whately (brother)
Lloyd Whately (brother)
Forrest Whately (brother)
Henry Whately (brother)
Weston Whately (brother)
Harold R. Whately (brother)
Roy Whately (brother)
Stella Whately (sister)
Mildred Whately (sister)
Frences Whately (sister)
Josephine Whately (sister)
Harriett Whately (sister)
Mabel L. (Wynant) Whately (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Burrell O. Whately was employed at the Wabash Railway Company.

He was sent overseas in December 1943.

His brother, Robert Laverne Whately, was killed on 23 November 1943 in the battle for Tarawa and is memorialized at Honolulu Memorial in Hawaii.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com – Ronald L. Metz, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Pantagraph