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SGT HAROLD V. WESTBROOK |
[The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Friday,
November 12, 1942, Page 12] |
Off To The Army Fronts
One hundred and forty-five Greater Cincinnati
inductees have been sent to replacement training stations from the Fort
Thomas Reception Center, Major Harry B. Perkins, Public Relations
Officer, announced yesterday. They were distributed as follows:
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To 508th Parachute
Regiment, Camp Blanding, Fla. --- from Cincinnati, Avera Howard, Alley
B. Lyon; from Norwood, Leslie H. Roberts; from Covington, ,
Harold V. Westbrook.
[Jumpmaster Note:
Bauer, Howard. Lyon and Roberts were all washed out of the 508th PIR
training. and all were transferred to the 8th Infantry Division at Camp
Butner, NC . |
(courtesy Emmanuel Chris Kittrell)
Grave marker for Sgt Harold V. Westbrook
in
the Little Rock National Cemetery, Section 8, Site 7288, Little Rock
Arkansas..
Sgt Westbrook was killed in action on
January 8, 1945.
His military decorations include the Purple Heart
and the Good Conduct Medal. |
[The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Friday, January
26, 1945, Page 12] |
Sgt Harold V.
Westbrook, 24, son of Mrs.. Helen Westbrook, 2531 Highland Ave.,
Auburn, was killed in Belgium January 8 when serving with the
paratroops. He had been overseas since January 1944. A
graduate of Woodward high School, he worked for the Correct Optical Co.,
before being called into the service two years ago. |
[The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Sunday,
February 3, 1945, Page 39] |
In Loving Memory
Of my beloved son
SGT. HAROLD V. WESTBROOK
killed in action in Belgium
January 8, 1945No one knows the
silent heartaches,
Only those who have lost can tell
Of the grief that's borne in silence ---
For the one I loved so well!!
Loving Mother |
[The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati, OH, Sunday,
November 23, 1947, Page 20] |
WAR DEAD
Due In New York
Tomorrow Or Tuesday
Next Of Kin Learn
Bodies of 23 Men From Cincinnati Are On Army List
Bodies of 23 Greater
Cincinnati soldiers are among the World War II dead that are being
returned to his country from two U.S. Military Cemeteries in Europe
aboard the Army Transport Robert Barrens, which is expected to arrive in
New York tomorrow or Tuesday.
Thirteen of the dead were from Hamilton County, 10 from Northboro,
Kentucky/
An Army release listed the Hamilton county men and the next of kin
as follows:
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Sgt Harold V. Westbrook, Helen N.
Westbrook, 26532 Highland Ave, |
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