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Personal info

Full name
LANDRY, Wilfred
Date of birth
5 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38657779
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
60th Infantry Regiment,
9th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 March 1945
Place of death
Erpel-Kasbach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 7 25

Immediate family

Members
Numa J. Landry (father)
Eugenie M. (Romero) Landry (mother)
Fred Landry (brother)
Claude J. Landry (brother)
Francis J. Landry (brother)
Gladys Landry (sister)
Lula M. Landry (sister)

More information

Pfc Wilfred Landry enlisted on 22 June 1944 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana. His brother, Claude Landry was killed on 19 September 1943 and is buried at Sicily-Rome American Cemetery, Nettuno, Italy.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Mills Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Mills Family Tree