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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Ernest M
Date of birth
30 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Alameda County, California
Hometown
Alameda County, California

Military service

Service number
39048609
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
1st Battalion,
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division,
C Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
Vicinity of Bleialf, Schnee Eifel, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
A 18 21

Immediate family

Members
Frederick E. Wilson (father)
Zillah D. (Little) Wilson (mother)

More information

Pvt Ernest M. Wilson enlisted on 15 March 1944 at Presidio of Monterey, California.

He was first buried at Block U, Row 1, Grave 9.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - Army Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Barron Family tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Mac