Milo O. Whipple

Company A 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

MIA/FOD 12/03/1944

Milo Orla Whipple was born in Jackson, Jay County, Indiana on February 24, 1920.

He was drafted into the Army on October 14, 1942 at Cincinnati, Ohio. His home of residence was listed as
Union City, Indiana and his civilian occupation was listed as Farm Hands, General Farms. He had completed
two years of college and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was assigned to Company A as a Private First Class from the 92nd Replacement Battalion on November 21, 1944.

Private First Class Whipple was listed as Missing In Action on December 3, 1944 during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.
His status was changed to Finding Of Death, declared dead, on December 4, 1945.

The following is from the Find A Grave memorial page for Milo O. Whipple:

"Pfc Milo O. Whipple enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 14 October 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Atterbury, Ind.
He was wounded in the hand on July 6 and was confined for a time in a hospital in England and later received wounds
in his left foot. He returned to active duty in November and was serving in an infantry unit. Pfc Whipple graduated from
Jackson High School in Ohio in 1938. Prior to entering service, he was employed at the Kemper Furniture factory
in Union City. He went overseas in April, 1944."

Note: A hospital admission card for Milo O. Whipple was found, indicating he was wounded in July, 1944 and returned to duty
in August 1944, though his unit was not specified in the report. The above account of him being wounded twice, must have
occurred while he was with a different unit. He could not be found in the Morning Reports for Company A 22nd Infantry
until the report of November 26, 1944, indicating his assignment to Company A from the 92nd Replacement Battalion.

The name of Milo O. Whipple is inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing at the

Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Margraten
Eijsden-Margraten Municipality
Limburg, Netherlands

The name of Milo O. Whipple inscribed on the Tablets of the Missing

Photo by Wendy from the Find A Grave website

Top photo of Milo Whipple as a High School student in 1938 from the
Fields of Honor Database website courtesy of Julien Woestyn

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