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Personal info

Full name
WILFONG, Harry David
Date of birth
10 September 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Patton, Bollinger County, Missouri
Hometown
Patton, Bollinger County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37634517
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
353rd Infantry Regiment,
89th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 March 1945
Place of death
Near Sankt Goar, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 16 24

Immediate family

Members
Henry C. Wilfong (father)
Sarah A. (Killian) Wilfong (mother)
Lester B. Wilfong (brother)
Roscoe H. Wilfong (brother)
Charley J. Wilfong (brother)
Ray D. Wilfong (brother)
Edward J. Wilfong (brother)
Maisie M. Wilfong (sister)
Elsie A. (Crites) Wilfong (wife)
Harry E. Wilfong (son)
Elsie M. Wilfong (daughter)
Carl Wilfong (son)

More information

Pfc Harry D. Wilfong was married to Elsie Aileen Crites on 5 April 1930 in Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri.

He enlisted in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 7 March 1944.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Records / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 / Missouri, Marriage Records, 1805-2002, www.89infdivww2.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - David Pearson / Henry F. Weiss