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Personal info

Full name
WHEATON, James D
Date of birth
15 April 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Rhode Island
Hometown
Westerly, Washington County, Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
11019014
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
112th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
5 December 1944
Place of death
Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 13 48

Immediate family

Members
Guy E. Wheaton (father)
Mary E. Wheaton (mother)
Rita M. Wheaton (sister)
Guy E. Wheaton (brother)
Neil M. Wheaton (brother)
Magarite O. Wheaton (sister)
Ellen P. Wheaton (sister)
Donald Wheaton (brother)
Mary Wheaton (sister)
John Wheaton (brother)

More information

Pvt James D. Wheaton attended high school for one year before he joined the Regular Army in Norwich, Connecticut on 22 August 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / Rhode Island State Censuses, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy