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Personal info

Full name
WHITTINGTON, Denver William
Date of birth
14 May 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia
Hometown
Thurston, Fairfield County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35224962
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Tank Driver
Unit
82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion,
2nd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 63

Immediate family

Members
Orville L. Whittington (father)
Pearl I. (Reedy) Whittington (mother)
Leonard J. Whittington (brother)
Thelma M. Whittington (sister)
Ronald A. Whittington (brother)
Leatha F. Whittington (sister)

More information

Pfc Denver W. Whittington attended high school for 1 year and was employed at the Fairfield Paper Company in Beltimore. He enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 24 July 1943. After training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, he went overseas on 4 January 1944.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Pfc Denver W. Whittington was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse, Belgium.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930/1940 Census, www.newspapers.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet