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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Gerald Alvin
Date of birth
29 June 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Pine City, Chemung County, New York
Hometown
Chemung County, New York

Military service

Service number
42119289
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
9th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Theissen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 11 17

Immediate family

Members
Ernest H. Wilson (father)
Ethel E. (McClelland) Wilson (mother)
Kenneth L. Wilson (brother)
Helen F. (Douglas) Wilson (wife)
Robert Wilson (son)
Genevieve Wilson (daughter)
Ernest Wilson (son)

More information

Pfc Gerald A. Wilson enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 4 May 1944.

Before entering the Army Pfc Wilson was employed at Remington Rand. He received training at Camp Blanding, Fla., and went overseas in October.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Erwin Derhaag, Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lewis Family Tree, www.super6th.org - After Action Report CCB, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Elmira NY Star Gazette 1945, www.ancestry.com , 6th Armored Division Honor Roll