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Personal info

Full name
WHITMORE, John Thomas Jr
Date of birth
30 January 1915
Age
30
Place of birth
Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois
Hometown
Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36475153
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 February 1945
Place of death
Colmar, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 56

Immediate family

Members
John T. Whitmore (father)
Viola Whitmore (mother)
Velma V. Whitmore (sister)
Verda I. (Norvell) Whitmore (wife)

More information

Pvt John T. Whitmore Jr. attended high school was a mail carrier before he enlisted in Peoria, Illinois on 23 February 1943.

He is remembered at the Gillespie City Cemetery in Gillespie, Macoupin County, Illinois.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / The Norvells of Virginia, www.findagrave.com - Jenory / Rives
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy