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Personal info

Full name
TINGLER, Wilbur Wesley
Date of birth
17 February 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Paint Bank, Craig County, Virginia
Hometown
Hoges Store, Giles County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33846391
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
319th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Abaucourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 41 27

Immediate family

Members
John H. Tingler (father)
Rebecca (Trainer) Tingler (mother)
George H. Tingler (brother)
Elsie L. Tingler (sister)
Euneda Tingler (sister)
Eugene Tingler (brother)
Benjamin Tingler (brother)
Annie M. Tingler (sister)
Annie W. Tingler (wife)
Rebecca J. Tingler (daughter)

More information

Pvt Wilbur W. Tingler attended high school for four years and was a checker employed by the Celairese Corp. of America before he enlisted at Fort George Meade, Maryland on 17 March 1944.
He was killed by a bullet in the lumbosacral region.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Emmanuel Vincent