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Personal info

Full name
WHEELER, Warren A
Date of birth
3 June 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Santa Ana, Orange County, California
Hometown
Santa Ana, Orange County, California

Military service

Service number
6583358
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
Medical Detachment,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Near Sainte-Hélène, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 23

Immediate family

Members
Paul D. Wheeler (father)
Ruth C. (Parker) Wheeler (mother)
James H. Wheeler (brother)
Silas E. Wheeler (brother)
Dorothy E. Wheeler (sister)
Paul E. Wheeler (brother)

More information

Pvt Warren A. Wheeler joined the Regular Army in Napoleon, Ohio on 10 February 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, Santa Ana Register September 1945