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Personal info

Full name
WEIR, Warren Hale
Date of birth
20 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Athol, Worcester County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31060643
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 March 1945
Place of death
Near Merzig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
E 16 5

Immediate family

Members
William E. Weir (father)
Emma R. (Monroe) Weir (mother)
Estella M. Weir (sister)
Betty L. Weir (sister)
Edna E. (Sobek) Weir (wife)

More information

Cpl Warren H. Weir was employed at the Allain Foundry in Barrie before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 2 February 1942. He was sent overseas in August 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 / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Blair Chamberlain Family / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com - Fitchburg Sentinel 10 April 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery