The Whittingtons of Ark/Miss/Tx and the Whittingtons of NC are linked based on the Great-Grandfather of Enoch A. #16041390. Enoch's Great-Grandfather was from Rowan County, NC. There's a small town in NC named Enochville.
PFC Jeston C. Whittington #78680492, another Silver Star recipient, was also a descendant of the Rowan County (Enochville), NC Whittingtons. It's probable that Enoch A. and Jeston C. were distant cousins. Both died in WWII and both received the Silver Star for gallantry in action.
Information courtesy of C W - May, 2016
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Four More Casualties Among West Central Texans
Four more casualties were reported yesterday among former National Guardsmen of West Central Texas who have been engaged in the Italian campaign. One man was listed as dead from battle wounds and the other three are missing in action.
Casualties were:
* S.Sgt. Enoch A. Whittington, 27, son of Mrs. Etta Whittington, 710 Colorado, Sweetwater, who died Sept. 19 of wounds suffered Sept. 9.
* S.Sgt. Dale B. Brown, son of Mrs. Ruby Lee Brown, manager of the Sloan Drug Store fountain, missing in action.
* Albert S. Kinser, son of Mrs. _ona Kinser, 126 Clinton, missing in action.
* Pvt. Gomeindo Soto, brother of Francisca Soto, 420 North 7th, missing in action.
These reports bring the total casualties from this area within the past week to 22. They are: five killed in action, two dead of battle wounds, five missing in action, and ten wounded in action.
Mrs. Whittington received a letter from a friend of Sgt. Whittington, dated Sept. 11, stating that he was wounded in action in Italy on Sept. 9 and had been evacuated to a hospital in North Africa. "My right leg was hit by a rifle bullet," he dictated to his friend.
"I am getting the best of care and am starting to eat some good food again. After I get well enough to be moved, I will be sent to a hospital back in the states and will stay there until I am completely well," the letter continued.
Sgt. Whittington left for overseas duty in April this year. On his last furlough home, November, 1942, he married Miss Katherine Bollinger. They have a son, Windell, two months old, whom he never saw. His wife and baby live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bollinger.
Other survivors are his brother, PFC Earl W. Whittington, on duty in North Africa; and three sisters, Mrs. Eula Boyd Commerce, Mrs. Eleanor King, and Miss Emily Whittington, all of Sweetwater. A cousin, Lt. Hillman Whittington, was killed in action in the Midway battle, and another cousin, Cpl. Otto Whittington, is a prisoner in a Japanese camp.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (10/14/1943)
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DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION
Name: Enoch A. Whittington
Death date: 19 Sep 1943
Death place: Oran, Algeria, N. Africa
Cause of death: Wounds received on 9/09/1943 in Salerno,Italy
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 26 years 11 months 23 days
Birth date: 26 Sep 1916
Birthplace: Havana, Arkansas
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Katherine Bollinger Whittington
Father's name: Perry V. Whittington
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name: Zetta Dabb
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation: U.S. Army
Residence: 710 W. Colorado, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Cemetery name: Roscoe
Burial place: Roscoe, Texas
Burial date: 13 Jun 1948
Informant: Zetta Whittington, Sweetwater, Texas
Film number: 2242483
Digital GS number: 4167794
Image number: 2428
Reference number: 2419
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Service No. (ASN): 20805190
Contributor: James Durham (46994633) • April 9, 2021
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PFC Jeston C. Whittington #78680492, another Silver Star recipient, was also a descendant of the Rowan County (Enochville), NC Whittingtons. It's probable that Enoch A. and Jeston C. were distant cousins. Both died in WWII and both received the Silver Star for gallantry in action.
Information courtesy of C W - May, 2016
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Four More Casualties Among West Central Texans
Four more casualties were reported yesterday among former National Guardsmen of West Central Texas who have been engaged in the Italian campaign. One man was listed as dead from battle wounds and the other three are missing in action.
Casualties were:
* S.Sgt. Enoch A. Whittington, 27, son of Mrs. Etta Whittington, 710 Colorado, Sweetwater, who died Sept. 19 of wounds suffered Sept. 9.
* S.Sgt. Dale B. Brown, son of Mrs. Ruby Lee Brown, manager of the Sloan Drug Store fountain, missing in action.
* Albert S. Kinser, son of Mrs. _ona Kinser, 126 Clinton, missing in action.
* Pvt. Gomeindo Soto, brother of Francisca Soto, 420 North 7th, missing in action.
These reports bring the total casualties from this area within the past week to 22. They are: five killed in action, two dead of battle wounds, five missing in action, and ten wounded in action.
Mrs. Whittington received a letter from a friend of Sgt. Whittington, dated Sept. 11, stating that he was wounded in action in Italy on Sept. 9 and had been evacuated to a hospital in North Africa. "My right leg was hit by a rifle bullet," he dictated to his friend.
"I am getting the best of care and am starting to eat some good food again. After I get well enough to be moved, I will be sent to a hospital back in the states and will stay there until I am completely well," the letter continued.
Sgt. Whittington left for overseas duty in April this year. On his last furlough home, November, 1942, he married Miss Katherine Bollinger. They have a son, Windell, two months old, whom he never saw. His wife and baby live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bollinger.
Other survivors are his brother, PFC Earl W. Whittington, on duty in North Africa; and three sisters, Mrs. Eula Boyd Commerce, Mrs. Eleanor King, and Miss Emily Whittington, all of Sweetwater. A cousin, Lt. Hillman Whittington, was killed in action in the Midway battle, and another cousin, Cpl. Otto Whittington, is a prisoner in a Japanese camp.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (10/14/1943)
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DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION
Name: Enoch A. Whittington
Death date: 19 Sep 1943
Death place: Oran, Algeria, N. Africa
Cause of death: Wounds received on 9/09/1943 in Salerno,Italy
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 26 years 11 months 23 days
Birth date: 26 Sep 1916
Birthplace: Havana, Arkansas
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Katherine Bollinger Whittington
Father's name: Perry V. Whittington
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name: Zetta Dabb
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation: U.S. Army
Residence: 710 W. Colorado, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Cemetery name: Roscoe
Burial place: Roscoe, Texas
Burial date: 13 Jun 1948
Informant: Zetta Whittington, Sweetwater, Texas
Film number: 2242483
Digital GS number: 4167794
Image number: 2428
Reference number: 2419
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Service No. (ASN): 20805190
Contributor: James Durham (46994633) • April 9, 2021
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The Whittingtons of Ark/Miss/Tx and the Whittingtons of NC are linked based on the Great-Grandfather of Enoch A. #16041390. Enoch's Great-Grandfather was from Rowan County, NC. There's a small town in NC named Enochville.
PFC Jeston C. Whittington #78680492, another Silver Star recipient, was also a descendant of the Rowan County (Enochville), NC Whittingtons. It's probable that Enoch A. and Jeston C. were distant cousins. Both died in WWII and both received the Silver Star for gallantry in action.
Information courtesy of C W - May, 2016
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Four More Casualties Among West Central Texans
Four more casualties were reported yesterday among former National Guardsmen of West Central Texas who have been engaged in the Italian campaign. One man was listed as dead from battle wounds and the other three are missing in action.
Casualties were:
* S.Sgt. Enoch A. Whittington, 27, son of Mrs. Etta Whittington, 710 Colorado, Sweetwater, who died Sept. 19 of wounds suffered Sept. 9.
* S.Sgt. Dale B. Brown, son of Mrs. Ruby Lee Brown, manager of the Sloan Drug Store fountain, missing in action.
* Albert S. Kinser, son of Mrs. _ona Kinser, 126 Clinton, missing in action.
* Pvt. Gomeindo Soto, brother of Francisca Soto, 420 North 7th, missing in action.
These reports bring the total casualties from this area within the past week to 22. They are: five killed in action, two dead of battle wounds, five missing in action, and ten wounded in action.
Mrs. Whittington received a letter from a friend of Sgt. Whittington, dated Sept. 11, stating that he was wounded in action in Italy on Sept. 9 and had been evacuated to a hospital in North Africa. "My right leg was hit by a rifle bullet," he dictated to his friend.
"I am getting the best of care and am starting to eat some good food again. After I get well enough to be moved, I will be sent to a hospital back in the states and will stay there until I am completely well," the letter continued.
Sgt. Whittington left for overseas duty in April this year. On his last furlough home, November, 1942, he married Miss Katherine Bollinger. They have a son, Windell, two months old, whom he never saw. His wife and baby live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bollinger.
Other survivors are his brother, PFC Earl W. Whittington, on duty in North Africa; and three sisters, Mrs. Eula Boyd Commerce, Mrs. Eleanor King, and Miss Emily Whittington, all of Sweetwater. A cousin, Lt. Hillman Whittington, was killed in action in the Midway battle, and another cousin, Cpl. Otto Whittington, is a prisoner in a Japanese camp.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (10/14/1943)
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DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION
Name: Enoch A. Whittington
Death date: 19 Sep 1943
Death place: Oran, Algeria, N. Africa
Cause of death: Wounds received on 9/09/1943 in Salerno,Italy
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 26 years 11 months 23 days
Birth date: 26 Sep 1916
Birthplace: Havana, Arkansas
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Katherine Bollinger Whittington
Father's name: Perry V. Whittington
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name: Zetta Dabb
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation: U.S. Army
Residence: 710 W. Colorado, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Cemetery name: Roscoe
Burial place: Roscoe, Texas
Burial date: 13 Jun 1948
Informant: Zetta Whittington, Sweetwater, Texas
Film number: 2242483
Digital GS number: 4167794
Image number: 2428
Reference number: 2419
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Service No. (ASN): 20805190
Contributor: James Durham (46994633) • April 9, 2021
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PFC Jeston C. Whittington #78680492, another Silver Star recipient, was also a descendant of the Rowan County (Enochville), NC Whittingtons. It's probable that Enoch A. and Jeston C. were distant cousins. Both died in WWII and both received the Silver Star for gallantry in action.
Information courtesy of C W - May, 2016
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Four More Casualties Among West Central Texans
Four more casualties were reported yesterday among former National Guardsmen of West Central Texas who have been engaged in the Italian campaign. One man was listed as dead from battle wounds and the other three are missing in action.
Casualties were:
* S.Sgt. Enoch A. Whittington, 27, son of Mrs. Etta Whittington, 710 Colorado, Sweetwater, who died Sept. 19 of wounds suffered Sept. 9.
* S.Sgt. Dale B. Brown, son of Mrs. Ruby Lee Brown, manager of the Sloan Drug Store fountain, missing in action.
* Albert S. Kinser, son of Mrs. _ona Kinser, 126 Clinton, missing in action.
* Pvt. Gomeindo Soto, brother of Francisca Soto, 420 North 7th, missing in action.
These reports bring the total casualties from this area within the past week to 22. They are: five killed in action, two dead of battle wounds, five missing in action, and ten wounded in action.
Mrs. Whittington received a letter from a friend of Sgt. Whittington, dated Sept. 11, stating that he was wounded in action in Italy on Sept. 9 and had been evacuated to a hospital in North Africa. "My right leg was hit by a rifle bullet," he dictated to his friend.
"I am getting the best of care and am starting to eat some good food again. After I get well enough to be moved, I will be sent to a hospital back in the states and will stay there until I am completely well," the letter continued.
Sgt. Whittington left for overseas duty in April this year. On his last furlough home, November, 1942, he married Miss Katherine Bollinger. They have a son, Windell, two months old, whom he never saw. His wife and baby live with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otto Bollinger.
Other survivors are his brother, PFC Earl W. Whittington, on duty in North Africa; and three sisters, Mrs. Eula Boyd Commerce, Mrs. Eleanor King, and Miss Emily Whittington, all of Sweetwater. A cousin, Lt. Hillman Whittington, was killed in action in the Midway battle, and another cousin, Cpl. Otto Whittington, is a prisoner in a Japanese camp.
From THE ABILENE (TX) REPORTER (10/14/1943)
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DEATH CERTIFICATE INFORMATION
Name: Enoch A. Whittington
Death date: 19 Sep 1943
Death place: Oran, Algeria, N. Africa
Cause of death: Wounds received on 9/09/1943 in Salerno,Italy
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): White
Age at death: 26 years 11 months 23 days
Birth date: 26 Sep 1916
Birthplace: Havana, Arkansas
Marital status: Married
Spouse's name: Katherine Bollinger Whittington
Father's name: Perry V. Whittington
Father's birthplace:
Mother's name: Zetta Dabb
Mother's birthplace:
Occupation: U.S. Army
Residence: 710 W. Colorado, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
Cemetery name: Roscoe
Burial place: Roscoe, Texas
Burial date: 13 Jun 1948
Informant: Zetta Whittington, Sweetwater, Texas
Film number: 2242483
Digital GS number: 4167794
Image number: 2428
Reference number: 2419
Collection: Texas Deaths, 1890-1976
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Service No. (ASN): 20805190
Contributor: James Durham (46994633) • April 9, 2021
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