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Personal info

Full name
WHITE, Rupert Elmer
Date of birth
20 May 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont
Hometown
Chittenden County, Vermont

Military service

Service number
O1039617
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Forward Observer
Unit
A Company,
92nd Chemical Battalion
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 November 1944
Place of death
Aldenhoven, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 20 12

Immediate family

Members
William W. White (father)
Anna L. (Fuller) White (mother)
Norman W. White (brother)
Rena B. White (sister)
Howard E. White (brother)
Flora E. (Fifield) White (wife)

More information

1st Lt Rupert E. White graduated from Bristol High School in 1937 and attended the University of Vermont.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously. The citation cited: For heroic achivement in miltiary operations against the enemy in western Europe. During the period 2 July 1944 to 23 November 1944, 1st Lt White distinguished himself by his consistently sound judgment, aggressiveness and execution. From 16 November 1944 to 23 November 1944, while his unit supported an attack by the 29th infantry division he was required to act as forward observer, often from positions dangerously close to the enemy. It was on just this type of mission that he was killed when he attempted under heavy enemy shelling to direct the fire of his platoon. His courage, leadership and devotion to duty, always of the highest were a credit to himself and the military service.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - John R. Burbank, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record/ Vermont, Marriage Records / Family Tree, www.newspapers.com - The Burlington Free Press, 1920 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / John Burbank