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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Walter W Jr
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Colorado, Mitchell County, Texas

Military service

Service number
18073144
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Courcelles-sur-Nied, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 32 17

Immediate family

Members
Walter W. Wilson Sr. (father)
Sarah E. (Davidson) Wilson (mother)
Jesse W. Wilson (brother)
Edith C. Wilson (sister)
Ora M. Wilson (sister)
Ruth J. Wilson (sister)
Zellner E. Wilson (brother)
May G. Wilson (sister)
Willy W.Wilson (sister)

More information

Pfc. Walter W. Wilson Jr. graduated from Colorado High School.

He enlisted at Camp Wolters, Texas on 11 February 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

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, www.findagrave.com, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Abilene Reporter News - 25 April 1945