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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Howard Mayo
Date of birth
3 April 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Horn Lake, Desoto County, Mississippi
Hometown
Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34731999
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
275th Armored Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Roth-Kobscheid, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 13 5

Immediate family

Members
Gertrude R. Wilson (mother)

More information

Cpl Howard M. Wilson enlisted at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 29 April 1943.

He worked on a farm before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet