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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, William L
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Knox County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34739327
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 September 1944
Place of death
Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 31 38

Immediate family

Members
Scott Wilson (father)

More information

Pvt William L. Wilson worked on a farm before he enlisted in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia on 7 July 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, 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, http://www.90thdivisionassociation.org
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