Charles R. Whitcomb (#........)


Place of Birth
Date of Birth
Rank

Platoon
Company
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Regiment
Division
Decorations
Ashland, Ohio
September 18, 1921

Staff Sergeant

F
2nd
329th
83rd Infantry
Combat Infantry Badge, ...


Charles Robert "Bob" Whitcomb was born on September 18, 1921 in Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio, as the son of Isaak T. and Grace (Wellman) Whitcomb. Bob Whitcomb took some of his training at Camp Atterbury, Indiana and at Camp Breckinridge, Kenthuky. On September 5, 1942, he married Lavona F. Deardorff (1922-2016). Bob Whitcomb took part at the Tennessee Maneuvers of 1943, before going to the European Theatre of Operation (ETO).

He was a lifelong resident of Ashland and a member of First Christian Church, American Legion Harry Higgins Post 88 and the Ashland Evening Lions Club. For 25 years, he was a real estate broker for Ward Real Estate in Ashland.

Charles R. "Bob" Whitcomb died at the Metro Health Medical Center in Cleveland on September 6, 2008 following an illness of four weeks. He is buried, togheter with his wife Lavona, at the Ashland Cemetery, Ashland, Ohio.


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