Wantland, John O.

UKNOWN - 1944

• Name	Wantland, John O.
  Birth	UKNOWN  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WANT.J001
  _FGRAVE	56315562
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division, United States Army  [1, 2, 3]
  	Private 1st Class with the 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Infantry Division. Killed in action on June 3, 1944 during The Rome-Arno Campaign. Awarded The Silver Star and Purple Heart Medals posthumously and was entitled to The American Campaign Medal, The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with at least one bronze battle star, and The WWII Victory Medal. Buried with honors at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1900551
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Wantland, John O. (?-1944) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Silver Star Medal, United States, United States Armed Forces
  		Silver Star Medal, United States, United States Armed Forces
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		36th Infantry Division ("Arrowhead"), United States Army Also known as the "Panther Division", "Lone Star Division", "The Texas Army", or the "T-patchers
  		36th Infantry Division ("Arrowhead"), United States Army
  		142nd Infantry Regiment, United States Army
  		Italian Campaign, World War II
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Wantland, John O. (?-1944)
  		World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
  Death	3 Jun 1944  [1]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  Burial	Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Nettuno, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy   [1]
  	Plot: H Row: 12 Grave: 29
  		Headstone, Wantland, John O. (?-1944)
  		American Battle Monuments Commission - Sicily-Rome American Cemetery The World War II Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial site in Italy covers 77 acres, rising in a gentle slope from a broad pool with an island and cenotaph flanked by groups of Italian cypress trees. Beyond the pool is the immense field of headstones of 7,845 of American military war dead, arranged in gentle arcs on broad green lawns…
  Person ID	I43069	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2023

  
  

• Sources

  [S13438] Findagrave.com, Headstone, Wantland, John O., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56315562/john-o-wantland), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S14986] World War II Honoree, John O. Wantland, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1900551) (Reliability: 2).