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Personal info

Full name
WHEELER, Louis Alva
Date of birth
29 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Capac, St. Clair County, Michigan
Hometown
Capac, St. Clair County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36878372
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
142nd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 26 27

Immediate family

Members
Lester L. Wheeler (father)
Vera M. (Grader) Wheeler (mother)
Lois I. (Graybiel) Wheeler (wife)
Lester Wheeler (son)

More information

Pvt Louis A. Wheeler was a salesman for the Brunswick Balk Collender Company before he enlisted in Michigan on 19 November 1943. he was sent overseas in March 1944.

He is remembered at the Imlay Cemetery in Imlay City, Lapeer, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / De Roeck Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – HG Wells / Coleman, www.newspapers.com – Port Huron - 4 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy / Marguerite