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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Manuel Bernard
Date of birth
10 September 1910
Age
34
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
14120872
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
12 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 3 48

Immediate family

Members
George W. Wilson (father)
Ada (Stanfield) Wilson (mother)
Maggie L. Wilson (sister)
Jessie M. Wilson (sister)
Thelma Wilson (wife)

More information

Pfc Manuel B. Wilson volunteered for the Army of the United States at Camp Forrest, Tennessee on 8 April 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

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

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Chattanooga Daily Times - 3 April 1945, etvma.org