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Personal info

Full name
DOW, Wilbur H
Date of birth
1922
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kansas
Hometown
Pratt, Pratt County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
20726394
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Forêt de Grémecey, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 13 49

Immediate family

Members
Ira O. Dow (father)
Mary E. (Rich) Dow (mother)
Marvin E. Dow (brother)

More information

Pfc Wilbur H. Dow joined the National Guard in Kingman, Kansas on 23 December 1940.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his chest.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – R & S
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