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Personal info

Full name
COLON, Wilfred
Date of birth
18 July 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
12157645
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
C 32 18

Immediate family

Members
Adolph Colon (father)
Rose Colon (mother)
Lutz Colon (sister)
Adolph Colon (brother)
Olga Colon (sister)
Albert Colon (brother)
Mathilda Colon (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Wilfred Colon enlisted in New York City, New York on 22 October 1942.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France Block A, Row 1, Grave 24.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten