SSGT
Everett C Wittman
Aged 20, fallen January 8, 1945
- Unit
- Company A, 242nd Infantry Regiment
- Serial number
- 42006819
- Hometown
- Union, New Jersey
- Date of death
- January 8, 1945
- Classification
- Killed in action
- Burial
- Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 27 Grave 32, Epinal, France
Staff Sergeant Everett C Wittman, serial number 42006819, of Union, New Jersey, served with Company A of the 242nd Infantry Regiment in the 42nd Infantry Division, the Rainbow Division. He was killed in action on January 8, 1945, at the age of 20. He is buried at Epinal American Cemetery, Plot B Row 27 Grave 32, Epinal, France.
Further reading: The Battle of Hatten-Rittershoffen and the Men Who Held the Line.
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