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Personal info

Full name
MILLER, Whitney
Date of birth
1913
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
32085541
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Field Artillery Battalion,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 25 97

Immediate family

Members
William S. Miller (father)
Dorothy Miller (mother)
Ethel M. Miller (sister)
John N. Miller (brother)
Gordon S. Miller (brother)

More information

Pvt Whitney Miller attended Colgate University for one year and was a clerk general office

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 14 April 1941.

He was awarded the Silver Star and according to his citation, carried radio equipment across an open field to a forward station. He was wounded in transit but kept moving forward until he was hit again, this time fatally. His heroism made possible the recovery of badly needed radio equipment.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php
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