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Personal info

Full name
WILKERSON, Alexander Eugene "Zan"
Date of birth
22 October 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Runnels County, Texas
Hometown
King County, Washington

Military service

Service number
39202934
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
505th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
82nd Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Noirfontaine, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 14 31

More information

Alexander E. Wilkerson Marshall was employed at the California Moulding and Lumber Company.

He enlisted in Seattle, Washington on 3 March 1943 and trained for six months at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, before he volunteered for the paratroopers. He was awarded his wings at Fort Benning, Georgia and was sent overseas in March 1944.

He took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy and participated in Operation Market-Garden,

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com,http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/505/505_honor_uz.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Metropolitan Pasadena Star-News - 9 February 1945 - courtesy of Kathy McDermott