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Personal info

Full name
WRIGLEY, Geoffrey Sterling
Date of birth
29 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Houston, Harris County, Texas
Hometown
Fort Edward, Washington County, New York

Military service

Service number
32660103
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Section Leader
Unit
87th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
7th Armored Division,
B Troop
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Bad Sulza, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Frederick H. Wrigley (father)
May (Davis) Wrigley (mother)
Davis Wrigley (brother)
Douglas Wrigley (brother)
Norman Wrigley (brother)

More information

Sgt. Geoffrey S. Wrigley graduated from Fort Edward High School in 1939.

He enlisted on 4 November 1942 in Albany, New York. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) and studied at Carnegie Institute of Technology. He was sent overseas in July 1944.

He was taken prisoner and was imprisoned at Stalag VIII-A in Görlitz, Germany. The prisoners were forced to march to the west after the camp was evacuated. He died in a hospital in Bad Sulza.

Sgt. Wrigley is remembered at Union Cemetery in Fort Edward, Washington County, New York.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, http://www.7tharmddiv.org/index.htm

Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com