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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Edgar
Date of birth
30 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Brunswick, Glenn County, Georgia
Hometown
Waycross, Ware County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
14011842
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Frankfurt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 41 24

Immediate family

Members
Andrew J. Wilson (father)
Dora M. (Tillman) Wilson (mother)
John W. Wilson (brother)
Thelma L. Wilson (sister)
Ormond Wilson (brother)
Helen B. Wilson (sister)
Andrew Wilson (brother)
Myrtice Wilson (sister)
Emory Wilson (sister)
Wesley Wilson (brother)
George Wilson (brother)

More information

Pfc Edgar Wilson was a chauffeur before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Screven, Georgia on 24 September 1940.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Robert Lester Strickland Family Tree, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO
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