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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, David Curtiss
Date of birth
12 February 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Hartford County, Connecticut

Military service

Service number
31327807
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Northeast of Bergstein, Hürtgen Forest, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 13 36

Immediate family

Members
Walter O. Wilson (father)
Marion (Curtiss) Wilson (mother)
Marian A. Wilson (sister)

More information

Pvt David C. Wilson enlisted in Hartford, Connecticut on 11 March 1943.

He attended high school for 4 years and worked in a factory for the production of bakery products before he enlisted.

He went Missing in Action on 5 December 1944 when his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Bergstein. Most likely he was killed on this day but he was officialy declared Killed in Action on 18 December 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org - History of the 121st Infantry Regiment, After Action Report of the 121st Infantry Regiment

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet