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Personal info

Full name
CEARLEY, Wilbur Dow
Date of birth
27 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Martha, Jackson County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Martha, Jackson County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
18087020
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
301st Infantry Regiment,
94th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
14 March 1945
Place of death
Near Ollmuth, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 13 68

Immediate family

Members
Guy Cearley (father)
Laura M. Cearley (mother)
Clifford G. Cearley (brother)
Rayma L. Cearley (sister)
Murel L. (Heatley) Cearley (wife)

More information

T/5 Wilbur D. Cearley graduated from Martha High School in 1937 and attended Southwestern Tech College in Weatherford.

He volunteered for service in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on 7 April 1942 and entered the coast artillery. He served in Umnak Island in the Aleutians for two years in an anti-aircraft artillery unit. He returned to the States for 6 months and transferred in the the infantry. He was then sent to the European Theater in January, 1945.

T/5 Cearley died of wounds suffered on 13 March 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Biffle Roseen Family Tree / 1920 Census, http://www.94thinfdiv.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – Janet Roseen, The Altus Times - Democrat - 13 March 1945