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Personal info

Full name
WELLS, David Arken III
Date of birth
7 April 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Glorersville, Fulton County, New York
Hometown
Fulton County, New York

Military service

Service number
32942150
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
289th Infantry Regiment,
75th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 February 1945
Place of death
Horbourg-Wihr, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 25 20

Immediate family

Members
John E. Wells (father)
Rhea E. (Van Allen) Wells (mother)
Mary C. Wells (sister)

More information

Pfc David A. Wells III graduated from Johnstown High School in 1943.

He enlisted in Utica, New York on 21 July 1943.

Pfc Wells is remembered with a memorial marker at Johnstown Cemetery in Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Lacell Family Tree / 1940 Census, http://75thdivisiondad.com, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy / Emmy Headstone, Johnstown High School, 1943