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Personal info

Full name
WANAMAKER, Paul
Date of birth
22 August 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Oradell, Bergen County, New Jersey
Hometown
Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32771368
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Supply Officer
Unit
HQ Company,
3rd Battalion,
422nd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
17 April 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 6 23

Immediate family

Members
George K. Wanamaker (father)
Barbara Wanamaker (mother)
George K. Wanamaker (brother)
Richard Wanamaker (twin brother)
Robert Wanamaker (twin brother)
Evelyn H. (Farrar) Wanamaker (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Paul Wanamaker graduated from Hackensack High School and was employed by the National Cylinder and Gas Company in Union City.

He enlisted in March 1943 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was taken prisoner and died in Stalag IV-B.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, http://106thinfdivassn.org, www.newspapers.com - The Record - 16 February 1945, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Record - 16 February 1945