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Personal info

Full name
FAULK, Wilbur Lee
Date of birth
14 March 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas
Hometown
Clay, Holt County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37684911
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
14 May 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 13 26

Immediate family

Members
John Faulk (father)
Mary N. Faulk (mother)
Ruby E. Faulk (sister)
John W. Faulk (brother)
Wesley Faulk (brother)
Opal M. Faulk (sister)
Alice M. Faulk (sister)
Anna G. (Davis) Faulk (wife)
Jerry Faulk (son)
Doris J. Faulk (daughter)
Patricia K. Faulk (daughter)
Gary E. Faulk (son)
Donna L. Faulk (daughter)

More information

Pfc Wilbur L. Faulk was a driver.

He enlisted at Camp Dodge, Herrold, Iowa on 26 January 1944.

Records show that he was taken prisoner of war in December 1944 and that he was liberated on 9 May 1945. He died of exposure and kidney ailment five days after his release.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, André Koch, Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930/1940 Census / Lassen Family Tree / Missouri Marriage Records 1805-2002 / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, Marysville Daily Forum - 6 August 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Heather Lassen (great-granddaughter)