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Personal info

Full name
TEN KLEY, Wilmer
Date of birth
20 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Archer, O'Brien County, Iowa
Hometown
Floyd, O'Brien County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37682010
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
424th Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Stavelot-Sankt Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 18 11

Immediate family

Members
Albert Ten Kley (father)
Nellie (Van Beek) Ten Kley (mother)
Margaret Ten Kley (sister)
Peter Ten Kley (brother)
Evadean Ten Kley (sister)
Rich Ten Kley (brother)
John Ten Kley (brother)
Henry Ten Kley (brother)
Marie Ten Kley (sister)

More information

Pvt Wilmer Ten Kley graduated from Sheldon High School in 1943.

He enlisted on 19 November 1943 had his basic training at Camp Fannin, Texas and was sent overseas in November 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, www.abmc.gov, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/, http://517prct.org, http://iagenweb.org/ - The Sioux City Journal, O'Brien County Bell - 31 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Nicole Weber- Sheldon Library, Millie Vos - Sheldon Prairie Museum, Sheldon High School yearbook 1943