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Personal info

Full name
WILTSEY, Lewis Ralph
Date of birth
11 April 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey
Hometown
Elkins Park, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
O1315887
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
3 November 1944
Place of death
Derbamont, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 35 38

Immediate family

Members
Lewis M. Wiltsey (father)
Bertha M. (Wisser) Wiltsey (mother)
Howard Wiltsey (brother)
Bertha Wiltsey (sister)
Constance R. (Yates) Wiltsey (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Lewis R. Wiltsey enlisted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 7 May 1942 and served 14 months in the Aleutians and Alaska before being sent to France in July 1944.

Lt Wiltsey died of wounds received on 31 October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy