Database 83rd Infantry Division

Ambrose C Westerman (17056745)

Name Westerman, Ambrose C
Rank Private First Class
Army Serial # 17056745
State Kansas
Date of death 1944-07-12
Plot, Row, Grave D, 10, 37
Cemetery Normandy American Cemetery, Colleville-sur-Mer, France , Google Maps
Role MOS 746 Automatic Rifleman
Unit L Company, 331st Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division
Awards Purple Heart
Additional information
The 331st Casualty Report (page 3, #110) for 1944 lists Pfc. Westerman as member of L Co. This differs from the previous registered company. Private First Class Westerman was a member of L Company. The morning report for July 11, 1944 on pages 13 and 14 show him joining L Company from the 48th Replacement Battalion but his name is crossed out.

Page 20, for July 14, 1944, of the same morning report show him joining the company as of July 7, 1944.

The morning report for November 6, 1944 on page 6 show a change on the morning report of August 3, 1944 to read him being KIA on July 12, 1944. The pages can be seen below.
Morning reports
1944-07-14 PFC Assigned and joined from 48th Replacement Battalion as of July 7, 1944 L / 331 view page
1944-08-03 PFC Killed in action on July 29, 1944 746 L / 331 view page
1944-11-06 PFC Killed in action on July 12, 1944, which corrects MR of August 3, 1944 746 L / 331 view page