Arnold F. Wolfenbarger

Arnold Franklin Wolfenbarger was born in Claiborne County, Tennessee on March 25, 1920.

He was drafted into the Army on January 16, 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. His home of residence
was listed as Harrogate, Claiborne County, Tennessee, and his civilian occupation was listed as
Semiskilled Chauffeurs And Drivers, Bus, Taxi, Truck, And Tractor. He had completed grammar school
and was single with dependents.

The date of his assignment to the 22nd Infantry is unknown but he was with the Regiment
at least by December 1942 as his name is listed in a Company roster on a menu for the
Christmas Dinner of Company A 22nd Infantry at Camp Gordon, Georgia in December 1942. *

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private in Headquarters 22nd Infantry
General Orders No. 5 dated June 8, 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

He was awarded the Driver Qualification Badge (Wheeled) in Headquarters 22nd Infantry Motorized
General Orders # 9 dated 3 August 1943 at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

He was promoted from Private First Class to Staff Sergeant on the battlefield
in Normandy on June 16, 1944.

He was wounded by shrapnel in the knee and hand during the attack toward Cherbourg on June 21, 1944
and after recovering in a hospital was returned to duty on October 2, 1944.

Staff Sergeant Wolfenbarger was killed in action in Germany during the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.

Army hospital admission records indicate his fatal wounds were to his side
by fragmentation caused by artillery shell.

Left:

Article from the
East Tennessee Veterans
Memorial Association website

Courtesy of Julien Woestyn

He served in the U.S. two years and was sent overseas January 1944. He was wounded in France, June 21,
three months later he joined his Company and was killed in action November 22, somewhere in Germany.
He leaves his mother, four brothers, Pfc Chester Wolfenbarger, Shelby, Clayton and Arlee; three sister, Ruby,
Louis Wolfenbarger and Mrs. Hazel Jones all of Harrogate and a host of relatives and friends. ¹

Decorations of Staff Sergeant Arnold F. Wolfenbarger
He was also awarded the Belgian Fourragere

Arnold F. Wolfenbarger was originally buried in the temporary cemetery at Henri-Chapelle
in Block AA Row 3 Grave 41, and was moved to the permanent cemetery at Henri-Chapelle,
in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial
Henri-Chapelle
Liege, Belgium
Plot B Row 14 Grave 47