1. | Weidner, George Lowell was born on 1 Oct 1917 in Illinois; died on 25 Dec 2002; was buried in Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: WEID.G004
- _FGRAVE: 18551955
- Military Service: World War II, Sergeant, United States Army
- Census: 6 May 1940, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois; 1940 Census, Pixley Township, Clay County, Illinois, page 04a
Notes:
Herald & Review (Decatur, IL) - Tuesday, December 24, 2002
LOUISVILLE - George L. Weidner, 85, Louisville, retired farmer, died Monday (Dec. 23, 2002).
Services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Frank & Bright Funeral Home, Flora.
Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Burial: Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, with military rites.
Memorials: donor's choice.
Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on October 30, 1941. Departed the Continental U.S. on May 11, 1942 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Saw combat as a rifleman in North Africa, the Sicilian Campaign and the Italian Campaign. Wounded in action near Sbeitla, Tunisia on February 15, 1943. Returned to the U.S. on May 30, 1944. Earned The Combat Infantryman Badge, The Purple Heart Medal and The European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with three bronze battle stars. Honorably discharged in poor health as a Sergeant from the station complement at Charleston, South Carolina on September 25, 1944.
Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=1887211
George married Phillips, Bernette P. on 30 Dec 1944. Bernette (daughter of Phillips, Howard M. and Banker, Martha Anna) was born on 12 Aug 1921 in Gary, Lake County, Indiana; died on 11 Aug 2007 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Dillman Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois.
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