Paul Edward White was born on 4 April 1922
Died 20 April 1945 in the Mediterranean Area.
He is buried at Highland Cemetery, Elizabethton, TN
Private
103rd Station Hospital, Medical Department
Pvt White served with Company F, 473rd Infantry at the time of his death.
The Johnson City Press, 6 May 1945
The War Department has notified Ben White of 106½ Water street, his son, Pvt. Paul E. Whtie, 24, was killed in Italy April 20. The soldier, member of an infantry outfit, had been overseas more than two years, the first one of which was spent in North Africa and the second in Italy. He joined the Army in November, 1942, leaving work as a cab ddriver in Elizabethton. Surviving besides his father are three sister, jean White and Mrs. Mary Bowling, of Elizabethton, and Mrs. Helen Long of Johnson City; a brother, J.N. White, of Elizabethton; six half-brothers, Tom, Homer, Lawrence, Jackie, Bennie and Wilbur White, and his stepmother, Mrs. Emmie White of Johnson City.
- Rank: Private
- Date of birth: 4 April 1922
- Date of death: 20 April 1945
- County: Carter
- Hometown: Elizabethton
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: 103rd Station Hospital, Medical Department
- Theater: Mediterranean
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Highland Cemetery, Elizabethton, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VIII, Top Panel
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