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Personal info

Full name
WESTBY, Arthur Henry
Date of birth
8 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Everett, Snohomish County, Washington
Hometown
Everett, Snohomish County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39211834
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
680th Glider Field Artillery Battalion,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Wesel, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 12 4

Immediate family

Members
Karl A. A. Westby (father)
Severine A. (Sandvaag) Westby (mother)
Dennis W. Westby (brother)
Elsie M. Westby (sister)

More information

Pfc Arthur H. Westby attended Everett High School.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 15 July 1943.

His parents were emigrants from Norway, arriving in the United States in 1923.

Source of information: Ralph Peeters, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, NARA, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Naturalization Record of father

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Bonni Buckner