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Personal info

Full name
WIGHTMAN, Alfred Wood
Date of birth
17 March 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Exeter, Rockingham County, New Hampshire

Military service

Service number
31456046
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Jean, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 26 29

Immediate family

Members
Alfred R. Wrightman (father)
Dora W. (Moses) Wrightman (mother)

More information

Pvt Alfred W. Wightman attended high school for four years before he enlisted at Fort Devens, Massachusetts on 17 March 1944.
He joined his unit from the 38th Replacement Battalion on 21 September 1944.

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, www.findagrave.com, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy