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Personal info

Full name
WIRAK, Elmer
Date of birth
28 March 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Kittson, Minnesota
Hometown
Lancaster, Kittson County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37025251
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
29 April 1945
Place of death
Harz mountains, east of Osterode am Harz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 7 23

Immediate family

Members
Asbjorn Wirak (father)
Tillie (Sollie) Wirak (mother)
Abner Wirak (brother)
Joseph Wirak (brother)
Melvin Wirak (brother)
Gunda Wirak (brother)
Thomas Wirak (brother)

More information

T/4 Elmer Wirak worked on a farm before he enlisted. He died of wounds received in action on 15 April, 1945. Both of his parents were born in Norway.

Elmer Wirak is memorialized at Kittson County Veteran's Memorial in Lake Bronson, Minnesota.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Astrid van Erp, KCindy Adams, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census, www.history.army.mil, www.ibiblio.org, www.findagrave.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Fred, KCindy Adams (Director Kittson County Museum)