Name:
Norwood E. Whittemore
Rank:
Private
Serial Number:
34545573
Unit:
141st Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1944-09-13
State:
Florida
Cemetery:
Epinal American Cemetery, Dinozé, France
Plot:
B
Row:
2
Grave:
66
Decoration:
Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Comments:
Enlisted 24 February 1943 at Camp Blanding, FL.
High School Graduate working in an office prior to enlistment.
Married to Ophelia
Lived with his father, John Hazel Whittemore, 2 sister, and 3 brothers as of the 1935 state of Florida census.
Mother Selma had died between 1930 and 1935.
Family members are buried in Verdie Cemetery, south of Callahan, FL.
Father was a WWI veteran, and brothers were veterans of the Korean Conflict. His younger brother was KIA in Korea.
Worked in the Head Quartersfor the 141st RGT
His name is also honored on the Nassau County war memorial in Florida.