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WILSON, Woodrow Thomas - Date of
birth
March 1915 -
Age
29 - Place of
birth
Ohio -
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35681325 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
Rifleman -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Died of Wounds - Date of
death
5 November 1944 - Place of
death
Auersmacher, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| E | 16 | 37 |
Immediate family
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Members
Thomas Wilson (father)
Laura (Molloy) Wilson (mother)
Clare Wilson (sister)
George Wilson brother)
Dorothy Wilson (sister)
Arthur Wilson (brother)
Virginia A. (Beck) Wilson (wife)
More information
Pfc Woodrow T. Wilson attended high school for three years and worked as production worker before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 4 January 1943.He was taken prisoner on 2 October 1944 in the vicinity of Landremont, France.
He died of wounds in a POW camp in Auersmacher, Germany.
Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Inwood Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Emmanuel Vincent / Mary Inwood