John S. Webster

NAME: John S. Webster

ASN: 20318852

PLACE OF BIRTH:

DATE OF BIRTH:

DATES OF SERVICE: 17 Feb 1941 -

UNIT ASSIGNED: HHC 509th PIB

CAMPAIGNS: Algeria-French Morocco, Tunisia, Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Holland?

AWARDS: Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, Silver Star Medal, EAME Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal

SUMMARY OF SERVICE:

17 Feb 1941 - Enlisted at Wellsboro, PA - NARA Enlistment Record

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER	20318852	20318852
NAME	WEBSTER#JOHN#S##########	WEBSTER#JOHN#S##########
RESIDENCE: STATE	32	PENNSYLVANIA
RESIDENCE: COUNTY	117	TIOGA
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT	3928	WELLSBORO PENNSYLVANIA
DATE OF ENLISTMENT DAY	17	17
DATE OF ENLISTMENT MONTH	02	02
DATE OF ENLISTMENT YEAR	41	41
GRADE: ALPHA DESIGNATION	PFC#	Private First Class
GRADE: CODE	7	Private First Class
BRANCH: ALPHA DESIGNATION	MD#	Medical Department - For Enlisted Men of the Medical Department (includes Enlisted Men of the Medical Department on Duty with the Dental Corps)
BRANCH: CODE	70	Medical Department - For Enlisted Men of the Medical Department (includes Enlisted Men of the Medical Department on Duty with the Dental Corps) or Army Nurse Corps
FIELD USE AS DESIRED	#	#
TERM OF ENLISTMENT	0	Undefined Code
LONGEVITY	###	###
SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL	7	National Guard
NATIVITY	32	PENNSYLVANIA
YEAR OF BIRTH	21	21
RACE AND CITIZENSHIP	1	White, citizen
EDUCATION	4	4 years of high school
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION	101	Bookkeepers and cashiers, except bank cashiers
MARITAL STATUS	6	Single, without dependents
COMPONENT OF THE ARMY	4	National Guard (Officers, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)
CARD NUMBER	#	#
BOX NUMBER	0340	0340
FILM REEL NUMBER	3.62#	3.62#

10 Apr 1944 - T/5 John S. Webster 20318852 HHC 509th PIB, GO 5 Award of Combat Infantryman Badge

30 Apr 1944 - T/Sgt. John S. Webster, GO 68 HQ Fifth Army Award of Silver Star page 384 in the book "Stand in the Door" by Charles H. Doyle and Terrell Stewart

JOHN S. WEBSTER 509/WWII MEDIC/HQ

"Local hometown heroes...a pair, actually...used some "pull" from the company clerk of a local National Guard unit to get into action in WWII. They were John Webster (Silver Star) and Warren Spencer (Purple Heart)."

"John later became the big wig of the National Manufacturers Association, having helped originate the Pennsylvania Manufactures Association. Spencer attended Dickinson Law School, became an attorney and a representative in the PA State Legislature."

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