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Personal info

Full name
WICKLAND, Roland Harold
Date of birth
27 October 1897
Age
46
Place of birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Military service

Service number
1421889
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
24th Armored Engineer Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arracourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 46 27

Immediate family

Members
John E. Wickland (father)
Bertha (Granlund) Wickland (mother)
Emil L. Wickland (brother)
George E. Wickland (brother)
Herman Wickland (brother)
James Wickland (brother)
Ida M. Wickland (sister)
Mabelle Wickland (sister)
Lawrence Wickland (brother)
Eugene Wickland (brother)
Rachelle J. (Bernard) Wickland (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Roland H. Wickland enlisted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on 22 January 1942. He already had served in the U.S. Army in 1919 with the rank of sergeant.

He was initially buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Saint James, France.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1900/1910/1920 Census / Frost Family Tree / Social Security Applications and Claims Index, www.fold3.com - US Army WWI Transport Service, Passenger list George Washington, www.newspapers.com - St. Cloud Times

Photo source: Milwaukee Journal - 19 October 1944