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Personal info

Full name
WHITING, William J
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Military service

Service number
32327848
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
222nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Baerenthal, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 30 60

Immediate family

Members
William J. Whiting (father)
Alma B. Whiting (mother)

More information

Sgt William J. Whiting attended high school for two years and was a guard at the state prison colony at Woodburn before he enlisted at Fort Jay, Governors Island, New York on 29 April 1942. He was sent overseas in April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census, www.findagrave.com – In Search Of, www.newspapers.com – The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 3 June 1945
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