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Personal info

Full name
WHITFIELD, Vester Bridget Jr
Date of birth
30 August 1926
Age
19
Place of birth
Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama
Hometown
Cullman County, Alabama

Military service

Service number
44056408
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
27 April 1946
Place of death
Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 32 28

Immediate family

Members
Vester B. Whitfield (father)
Grace (Compton) Whitfield (mother)
Vesta J. Whitfield (sister)
Barney L. Whitfield (brother)
Anna L. Whitfield (sister)
William S. Whitfield (brother)
John H. Whitfield (brother)
Garth D. Whitfield (brother)
Victor Whitfield (brother)
Charles Whitfield (brother)
Houston Whitfield (brother)

More information

Pfc Vester B.J. Whitfield was a student at the Edinburg Junior College on 31 August 1944.

He enlisted at Camp Beale, California on 6 November 1945.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S> WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card / Darrell Bascom Family Tree / History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
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