Whittle, Reba Zitella, 1LT

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
First Lieutenant
Last Service Branch
Army Nurse Corps (Officer)
Last Primary MOS
3448-Medical-Surgical Nurse
Last MOS Group
Nurse
Primary Unit
1944-1944, 3448, POW/MIA
Service Years
1941 - 1946
Army Nurse Corps (Officer)
First Lieutenant
Two Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
Texas
Texas
Year of Birth
1919
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Rocksprings, Texas
Last Address
Sacramento, California
Date of Passing
Jan 26, 1981
 
Location of Interment
San Francisco National Cemetery (VA) - San Francisco, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Plot: NA, 1472

 Official Badges 

Honorably Discharged WW II


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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
  1981, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)


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Last Known Activity:

First Lieutenant Reba Zitella Whittle was a member of the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War II. She became the only American military female prisoner of war in the European Theater after her casualty evacuation aircraft was shot down in September 1944.

   

   1941-1946, 3448, Army Nurse Corps, HQ, US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM)
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First Lieutenant
From Month/Year
- / 1941
To Month/Year
- / 1946
Unit
Army Nurse Corps Unit Page
Rank
First Lieutenant
MOS
3448-Medical-Surgical Nurse
Base, Fort or City
Not Specified
State/Country
United States
 
 
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 Army Nurse Corps, HQ, US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Details

Army Nurse Corps, HQ, US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM)
Type
Support
 
Parent Unit
HQ, US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM)
Strength
Command
Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

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10 Members Also There at Same Time
Army Nurse Corps

Jackson, Maude Campbell, MAJ, (1917-1946) AN 3448 Lieutenant Colonel
Spinning-Knebel, Pearl, 1LT, (1944-1946) AN 3449 First Lieutenant
Hostetter, May Belle, 2LT, (1943-1944) AN 3449 Second Lieutenant
Leo, Nancy J., 2LT, (1942-1945) AN 3443 Second Lieutenant
Messerli, Florence M., 2LT, (1945-1946) AN 3449 Second Lieutenant
Rourke, Rita Virginia, LTC, (1939-1966) AN Lieutenant Colonel
Price, Catharine Ruth, 2LT, (1942-1944) Second Lieutenant
Blanchfield, Florence Aby, COL, (1917-1947) Colonel
Cavenar, Mary Cecelia, 2LT, (1942-1946) Second Lieutenant
Ott, Elsie S., 2LT, (1941-1946) Second Lieutenant

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