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Personal info

Full name
WILEY, Dewie Edwin
Date of birth
18 April 1922
Age
23
Place of birth
Bremond, Robertson County, Texas
Hometown
Hearne, Robertson County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38410563
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
121st Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 May 1945
Place of death
Boizenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
K 7 2

Immediate family

Members
Robert C. Wiley (father)
Claudia E. (Shelton) Wiley (mother)
Katherine Wiley (sister)
Robert C. Wiley (brother)
Eldon O. Wiley (brother)
Aylene (Lee) Wiley (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Dewie E. Wiley attended Bremond High School and was employed at the Houston Shipbuilding Company.
He enlisted in 1942.

He was reported wounded in action in France in 1944, for which he was awarded the Purple Heart a first time.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Marriage Record, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Elmer Sheerouse, Men and Women in the Armed Forces from Robertson County, Texas