1st Lt. John Thurmon Warner Jr.
Born: 24 August 1919 – Oak Park, Illinois
Parents: John T. Warner Sr. & Vera C. Rowder-Warner
Hometown:
– Forest Park, Illinois
Education:
– Garfield School, Maywood
– Grant-White School, Forest Park
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1937
– The University of Illinois
– Graduated: 1941
Employed: Johnson & Johnson Company – Chicago, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Vera Catherine Warner – mother
Residence: 300 Maplewood Road – Riverside, Illinois
Enlisted:
– U.S. Army
– 21 April 1941
– attended Officer Candidate School
– Intelligence & Reconnaissance Platoon Leader
Serial Number: O&1290690
Training:
– Fort Benning, Georgia
– Camp Gordon, Georgia – 27 December 1941
– Fort Dix, New Jersey – 16 April 1943
– Camp Johnston, Florida – 28 September 1943
– Fort Jackson, South Carolina – 1 December 1943
– Camp Kilmer, New Jersey – 8 January 1944
– remained there until departure from New York – 18 January 1944
– England – 29 January 1944
Unit: 22nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division
Engagements:
– Normandy Invasion – 6 June 1944
– the landing-craft hit mine
Died:
– 4 August 1944
– died of wounds
Buried:
– Brittany American Cemetery – St. James (Manche), France
– Plot: I Row: 15 Grave: 3
Medals:
– Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
– Silver Star
