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Personal info

Full name
WIX, Paul Edward
Date of birth
26 July 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Creston, Wirt County, West Virginia
Hometown
Creston, Wirt County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35204155
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
253rd Infantry Regiment,
63rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Near Eschringen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 6 56

Immediate family

Members
George G. Wix (father)
Mary E. (Criss) Wix (mother)
Ruby L. Wix (sister)
Susie M. Wix (sister)
Bessie V. Wix (sister)
Hazel D. Wix (sister)
Ralph G. Wix (brother)
Nina M. Wix (sister)
Annabel Wix (sister)
Robert W. Wix (brother)
Delta P. (Wilson) Wix (wife)

More information

Pfc Paul E. Wix attended high school for two years before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 11 April 1941.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / The One Big Happy Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.63rdinfdiv.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - pappygrammie