Grouping, Maj. Walter Whetsel, Chaplain, 359th Engineer General Service Regt., ETO

Amazing genuine WWII US Army grouping, which once belonged to some Major Walter D. Whetsel, a Protestant chaplain with 359th Engineer General Service Battalion, and includes the following items:

- Protestant chaplain's kit, made up of a storage case and the liturgical artefacts needed for communion, named;
- standard regulation Christian chaplain's stole;
- officer's visor cap made by Kaufman's in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, named;
- dark OD officer's garrison cap adorned with the Latin Cross of Christian chaplains;
- officer's short overcoat featuring a pair of Major rank insignia, named;
- two dark OD wool gabardine service jackets, one of them being named and retaining all original insignia and ribbon bars;
- tropical worsted summer service jacket retaining some of its insignia;
- 'Ike Jacket' retaining some of its insignia;
- three pairs of trousers (pink, dark OD, and olive drab);
- two standard regulation Red Cross armbands, one of them bearing his name.

Stunning homogeneous set, in very good overall condition.

Walter Donald Whetsel was born on December 7, 1905 in Upper Middletown, Pennsylvania. A Methodist priest, he was ordained on June 9, 1933 and joined the US Army as a chaplain on June 24, 1942 with the rank of 1st Lieutenant (ASN O-477242). He went on to serve with 359th Engineer General Service Regiment and deployed to Europe from July 1st, 1943 to June 16, 1945 (England, France, Belgium, Germany). A recipient of the Bronze Star, he was discharged on January 30, 1946 as a Major, and passed away on September 28, 1979.

https://fr.findagrave.com/memorial/143022181/walter-donald-whetsel

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