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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Robert Jay Sr
Date of birth
26 May 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
Hometown
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37742092
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 December 1944
Place of death
Near Lauterbourg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 32 38

Immediate family

Members
William J. Wilson (father)
Edith M. (Fraser) Wilson (mother)
Juanita (Harman) Wilson (wife)
Robert J. Wilson (son)

More information

Pvt Robert J. Wilson attended high school for two years before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 1 May 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his face.

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. Social Security Applications and Claims Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – R & S / Laura

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Laura, www.ancestry.com - Yearbook Men and Woman in WWII