US PARAS Newbern, William Mac, Jr.

[Craig Robertson]

• SURNAME

Newbern​

• FORENAME

William Mac, Jr.​

• UNIT

503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment (Company C)​

• RANK

Sergeant​

• NUMBER

34147231​

• DATE OF DEATH

21st February 1945​

• AGE

24​

• GRAVESITE

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot N Row 7 Grave 172​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 27.06.1920 Nashville, Tennessee, USA​

father William Mac Newbern (1892-1964)​

mother Emma Eliza (nee Butler) Newbern (1898-1988)​

3 years high school​

attended Jere Baxter High School​

graduated Isaac Litton High School, Nashville, Tennessee​

civil occupation semiskilled meatcutters, except in slaughtering and packing houses​

employed by Neuhoff Packing Company, 1307 Adams Street, Nashville, Tennessee (butcher)​

single without dependents upon enlistment​

resided Calvert & Richland, Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee​

01.07.1941 draft card Davidson, Tennessee​

09.10.1941 entered service Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia​

WIA New Guinea​

Next of kin - Father. William M. Newbern, Route #1, Hendersonville, Tennessee​

KIA Corregidor Island, Philippines​

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