Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

Edwin L. Willbarger

BranchArmy
RankCaptain
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Years of Service1942 – 1945
Date of Birth03/14/1914
Date of Death05/20/1994
HometownHilliard, Ohio 43026, OH
AwardsMeritorious Service Unit Award, American Defense Service Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 Battle Stars, 1 Bronze Arrowhead
Burial LocationSunset - West Broad St. Columbus, Ohio
Monument PaverSection E
SourceNo DD-214 found in Union Co. Recorder's Office as of 12/27/2007

Overseas service: Africa; Sicily; Italy; France; Belgium; Rhineland; Germany. Church: Methodist. School: West High School and OSU College of Pharmacy. Serial #0411331; entered into active duty on 03/05/1941 from Columbus, Ohio; 2 years, 6 months, and 11 days of foreign service; served iin the following battles: Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, southern France, Rhineland; honorable discharge on 02/19/1946 from Indiantown Gap Military Reservation, Pennsylvania

Printed from the UCVRC Veterans Database · Courthouse Veterans Monument