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Personal info

Full name
MULLEN, Wilber David
Date of birth
6 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon
Hometown
Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39473861
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 December 1944
Place of death
Detwiller, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 8 37

Immediate family

Members
William H. Mullen (father)
Effie G. (McFetridge) Mullen (mother)
Ruth L. Mullen (sister)
Weldon W. Mullen (brother)
Dewey F. Mullen (brother)
Catherine N. Mullen (sister)
Ruby M. Mullen (sister)

More information

Pvt Wilber D. Mullen worked on the family farm before he enlisted at Fort Lewis, Washington on 15 April 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Miller & Lounsbury & More, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy