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Personal info

Full name
RANDOLPH, Wilbur Arthur
Date of birth
21 September 1905
Age
39
Place of birth
Boonton, Morris County, New Jersey
Hometown
Parsippany-Troy Hill, Morris County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32055778
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 December 1944
Place of death
Near Haguenau, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
F 14 22

Immediate family

Members
Arthur J. Randolph (father)
Louise M. (Luccio) Randolph (mother)
Elizabeth Randolph (sister)
Harold L. Randolph (brother)
Frank E. Randolph (brother)
Arthur Randolph (brother)

More information

Sgt Wilbur A. Randolph graduated from Boonton High School.

He enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 8 January 1941 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his leg.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / Styled Forsythe ect. Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infanty Regiment, www.findagave.com - Coleman
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