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Witter, Johnnie A.

Date of birth:
January 2nd, 1922 (Drexel/Missouri, United States)
Date of death:
February 23rd, 2015
Service number:
37 247 841
Nationality:
American

Biography

Johnnie A. Witter entered service at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on December 17th, 1942. Between May 1943 and September 1945 he served in Europe with Headquarters & Service Company van het 307th Engineer Battalion. He was honorably discharged at the Separation Center, Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on September 22nd, 1945.

Was also entitled to wear the Presidential Unit Citation Badge as from September 15th, 1944.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Headquarter & Service Company, Company A, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
June 18th, 1945
Awarded for a wound received in Belgium on January 29th, 1945.
Purple Heart
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Headquarter & Service Company, Company A, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
Awarded on:
1945

Awarded with 7 bronze campaign stars for "NORMANDY", "RHINELAND", "ARDENNES", "CENTRAL EUROPE", "SICILY", "NAPLES-FOGGIA" and "NORTHERN FRANCE" and a bronze arrowhead.
European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal

Sources

  • Photo 1: James Huettenmueller
  • - Enlisted Record and Report of Separation, Honrable Discharge
    - Honorable Discharge Certificate

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