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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Emerson Edward
Date of birth
12 October 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana
Hometown
Akron, Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35386033
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
17 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 14 42

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Wilson (father)
Arminta (Parvis) Wilson (mother)
Louisa D. Wilson (sister)
Carl Wilson (sister)
Betty Wilson (sister)
Charles Wilson (brother)
Nora E. (Groves) Wilson (wife)

More information

Pvt Emerson E. Wilson attended Indianapolis Public School and entered the enlisted in July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Summit County Marriage Records / Indiana Birth Certificates, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal / The Indianapolis News, www.findagrave.com – Prairi Mary