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Personal info

Full name
WHITEHEAD, Hubert Wayne
Date of birth
14 October 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Meadville, Franklin County, Mississippi
Hometown
Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi

Military service

Service number
34988949
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
134th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Habkirchen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James W. Whitehead (father)
Callie R. (Cloy) Whitehead (mother)
Bonnie M. Whitehead (sister)
Dollie Whitehead (sister)
Don Whitehead (brother)
Rosalee Whitehead (sister)
Ruth Whitehead (sister)
Marjorie R. (Delokery) Whitehead (wife)

More information

Pfc Hubert W. Whitehead was a stenographer and typist at the Western Union Telegraph Company before he enlisted at Camp Shelby, Mississippi on 27 April 1944. He was sent overseas in the later part of October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Renfroe Haviland Family Tree, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – ForgetMeNot, www.newspapers.com – Sun Herald 10 January 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Frogman