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Personal info

Full name
OWEN, Waldo George "Wald"
Date of birth
5 July 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois
Hometown
Pinckneyville, Perry County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36987023
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
16 January 1945
Place of death
Mouterhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 37 52

Immediate family

Members
Thomas M. Owen (father)
Viola B. (Hubler) Owen (mother)
Alfred E. Owen (brother)
Wilfred Owen (brother)
Dale Owen (brother)
Dorothy Owen (sister)
Thomas Owen (brother)
Joe L. Owen (brother)
Opal L. (Davis) Owen (wife)
Marion B. Owen (son)
Sophia D. Owen (daughter)
Charlene M. Owen (daughter)
Larry G. Owen (son)
Carloyn F. Owen (son)

More information

Pvt Waldo G. Owen was wounded in action during WWII in Mouterhouse, France, and died in a hospital there.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Luv Big Red
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy, www.ancestry.com – Sarah Louise Sero