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Personal info

Full name
WARWICK, John William
Date of birth
18 November 1911
Age
32
Place of birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39025488
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
3rd Battalion,
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 June 1944
Place of death
Normandy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 36 9

Immediate family

Members
John W. Warwick (father)
Annette (Rasmussen) Warwick (mother)
Rhea S. (Jones) Warwick) stepmother)
Marie E. Warwick (sister)
James O. Warwick (brother)
Margaret A. Warwick (sister)
Henry K. Warwick (brother)
William E. Warwick (brother)
Albert L. Warwick (halfbrother)

More information

John W. Warwick enlisted at Fort MacArthur, California.

The family lost three of four sons.

John Warwick is buried next to Henry and Albert L. Warwick is buried at Luxemburg Cemetery. Only William survived the war.

Note: His gravestone and the ABMC database state that his regiment was part of the 82nd Airborne Division. However, this is a mistake. The 507th was only attached to the 82nd for the period from 14 June 1944, to 27 August 1944, but was never assigned to the Division and was therefore never an organic part of it.

Source of information: Tjarco Schuurman, www.ww2-airborne.us, http://aad.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Utah Military Records, www.newspapers.com - The Salt Lake Tribune

Photo source: Tjarco Schuurman, www.specialforcesroh.com