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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Harry E
Date of birth
1917
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Burlington, Burlington County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
20226460
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
7 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bitche, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 13 52

Immediate family

Members
William H. Wilson (father)
Mary G. Wilson (mother)
Emily Wilson (sister)
Ruth Wilson (sister)
Susan Wilson (sister)
John W. Wilson (brother)

More information

Pfc Harry E. Wilson joined the National Guard in Burlington, New Jersey on 16 September 1940. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Hochfelden, 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 / 1920/1930/1940 Census, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - The Morning Post 27 December 1944
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