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Personal info

Full name
WEAVER, Paul Robert
Date of birth
25 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33023909
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
3rd Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 47 30

Immediate family

Members
Peter A. Weaver (father)
Catherine Weaver (mother)
Robert H. Weaver (brother)
Frank Weaver (brother)
John Weaver (brother)
Harold Weaver (brother)
Ruth Weaver (sister)
Catherine Weaver (sister)

More information

Sgt Paul R. Weaver was employed at the Blue Ribbon Cake Company before he enlisted in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on 17 April 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com, www.10tharmored.com, www.newspapers.com – Wilkes Barre Times Leader 18 December 1944
Photo source: www.newspapers.com – Wilkes Barre Times Leader 18 December 1944