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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 4755" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Witmer </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Eugene Jacob</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 Ranger Bn </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Private First Class </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>33503070 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>24th January 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>20</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Italy Plot D Row 10 Grave 44 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Dauphin County, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>rank "Private" (National Archives)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 06.06.1923 Lower Swatara, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father Roy Daniel Witmer (1894-1958)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>mother Sadie May (nee Deimler) Witmer (1895-1927)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>4 years high school</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Hershey High School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>single without dependents upon enlistment</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>30.06.1942 draft card Lower Swatara, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>05.03.1943 entered service Harrisburg, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Next of kin - Father. Mr. Roy D. Witmer, R.D.#1, Middleton, Pennsylvania</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KIA Anzio, Italy </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/e-witmer-grave.39312/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/39/39312-44a3fac0500f3d91e7a7d51e6e5d8ada.jpg?1697218313" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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