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Personal info

Full name
WHITT, John Emmett
Date of birth
18 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina
Hometown
Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34675540
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
313th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 October 1944
Place of death
Lunéville,France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 9 18

Immediate family

Members
Dewey G. Whitt (father)
Mary M. (Sumner) Whitt (mother)
Arthur T. Whitt (brother)
Winfred S. Whitt (brother)
Dorothy Whitt (sister)
Wilma D. Whitt (sister)
Robert L. Whitt (brother)
Annie R. Whitt (sister)
Donald J. Whitt (brother)

More information

Pvt John E. Whitt was employed at the Elder Theatre in Siler City before he enlisted.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interement Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Thompson Family Tree / 1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - ForgetMeNot
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy