Louie entered the service from Texas
Private Louie R Westmoreland, Texas, Service Number 38081304, served in the 217th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion. He came ashore with his unit at Utah Beach on June 26, 1944 and was seriously wounded during the 217th's antiaircraft defense of the city and port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France, at which time he was seriously wounded by an aerial bombardment. Westmoreland was evacuated to a hospital in England where he passed away on 9 Aug 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Louie entered the service from Texas
Private Louie R Westmoreland, Texas, Service Number 38081304, served in the 217th Anti-Aircraft Gun Battalion. He came ashore with his unit at Utah Beach on June 26, 1944 and was seriously wounded during the 217th's antiaircraft defense of the city and port of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, France, at which time he was seriously wounded by an aerial bombardment. Westmoreland was evacuated to a hospital in England where he passed away on 9 Aug 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
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PVT 217 AAA GUN BN TEXAS
Family Members
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James Warren Westmoreland
1900–1972
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Earl Monroe Westmoreland
1901–1978
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Emmett Bennitt Westmoreland
1904–1966
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Herbert Allen Westmoreland
1905–1968
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Lottie Westmoreland Churchwell
1907–1982
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Wyman Ripley Westmoreland Sr
1909–1964
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Alton Westmoreland
1910–1976
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Adolph Westmoreland
1912–1915
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PVT Louie R Westmoreland
1914–1944
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Bascum Westmoreland
1917–2008
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