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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Donald Huston
Date of birth
29 December 1923
Age
20
Place of birth
Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia
Hometown
Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35752882
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
44th Armored Infantry Battalion,
6th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
Eincheville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 28

Immediate family

Members
Dorsey O. Wilson (father)
Letetia Wilson (mother)
Leon Wilson (brother)
Richard H. Wilson (brother)
Alita M. Wilson (sister)

More information

Pfc Donald H. Wilson attended high school for one year before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 13 April 1943.
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, www.super6th.org
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