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Personal info

Full name
EWING, Wilbur Richard
Date of birth
21 July 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio
Hometown
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35733750
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
137th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 November 1944
Place of death
Denting, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 29 18

Immediate family

Members
George H. Ewing (father)
Elizabeth E. (Mooney) Ewing (mother)
George H. Ewing (brother)
Angeline A. Ewing (sister)
Ralph B. Ewing (brother)
John J. Ewing (brother)
James A. Ewing (brother)

More information

Pfc Wilbur R. Ewing enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 6 October 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, 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 Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com - Eric Ackerman
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