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Personal info

Full name
WHEELER, Kenneth E
Date of birth
19 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Rhode Island
Hometown
Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31415645
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 10 82

Immediate family

Members
Lloyd Wheeler (father)
Isabell Wheeler (mother)
Lloyd Wheeler Jr. (brother)
Lillian (Seymour) Wheeler (wife)

More information

Pfc Kenneth E. Wheeler attended Detroit High School and was employed by the Bay State Tool and Machine Company.

He enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 19 October 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S Social Security Death Index, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: -, Springfield Daily News - 10 June 1944