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Personal info

Full name
WISE, James E
Date of birth
19 October 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
South Carolina
Hometown
Lake View, Dillon County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
6965000
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Meinerzhagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
D 19 23

Immediate family

Members
Beulah Wise (sister)
Francis E. Wise (brother)
Carlos Wise (brother)
Gladys E. Wise (wife)

More information

Pfc James E. Wise attended high school for 1 year.

He joined the Regular Army at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 30 June 1941.

Pfc Wise died of a severe fraction wound of the head and was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Breuna #1, Germany on 16 April 1945. After being disinterred he was evacuated to Margraten and reburied in a temporary grave on 13 July 1945. When the Cemetery of Margraten was given his permanent status, Pfc Wise was given his final resting place on 22 December 1948.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, IDPF

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Dillon Herald newspaper, via Hannah Majewski, South Carolina State Library