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Personal info

Full name
WILBER, David Forrest Jr
Date of birth
11 October 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Zurich, Switzerland
Hometown
Otsego County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1304982
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 April 1945
Place of death
Near Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 45 32

Immediate family

Members
David F. Wilber (father)
Esther R. (Zolliker) Wilber (mother)
Virginia M. (McIntosh) Wilber (wife)

More information

1st Lt David F. Wilber Jr. attended high school for 4 years and was a photographer before he enlisted in Albany, New York on 28 November 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1925 Census / Wilber Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
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