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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Dexter Ellison
Date of birth
3 April 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Jamestown, Fentress County, Tennessee
Hometown
Lake Park, Palm Beach County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34204071
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Gunner
Unit
32nd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
28 December 1944
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 16 12

Immediate family

Members
Frank S. Wilson (father)
Minnie I. (Creselious) Wilson (mother)
Lester Wilson (brother)
Merchasen W. Wilson (brother)
Thelma M. Wilson (sister)
Carlos Wilson (brother)
Gernt S. Wilson (brother)
Kirklin S. Wilson (brother)
Lyman Wilson (brother)
Kirk S. Wilson (brother)

More information

T/5 Dexter E. Wilson enlisted in Camp Blanding,
Florida on 29 April 1942 and was sent overseas in November 1943.

He was a painter before he enlisted.

T/5 Dexter E. Wilson was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery of Fosse,
Belgium.

In December 1945, the road in his hometown where his parents lived, was officially renamed Ellison Wilson Rd.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid Van Erp, Sheree Dowdle, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Palm Beach Post 4 December 1945 and 17 January 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Preston White