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Personal info

Full name
WADLOW, Homer Dempsey
Date of birth
6 December 1925
Age
20
Place of birth
Sabula, Iron County, Missouri
Hometown
Arcadia, Iron County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37638135
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
17 January 1946
Place of death
Mounterhouse, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing
* This soldier has been accounted for. A rosette has been placed next to his name.

Immediate family

Members
Edward Wadlow (father)
Helen A. (McLeod) Wadlow (mother)
Robert Wadlow (brother)
Stanley Wadlow (brother)
Edward J. Wadlow (brother)
Esqueline Wadlow (sister)
Merle Wadlow (brother)
Dixie J. Wadlow (sister)
Joyce J. Wadlow (sister)
Daniel Wadlow (brother)

More information

Pvt Homer D. Wadlow enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 18 April 1944.

He was officially declared death one year and one day after he was reported missing in action. At that time his unit was fighting in the vicinity of Mouterhouse, France.

His remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to his name on the Tablets of the Missing.

He is buried at the Huff Cemetery in Chloride, Iron County, Missouri.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – Brenda Pope Family Tree /1930/1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.findagrave.com – Russ Pickett
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Genmo / Jon Strupp