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Personal info

Full name
WAGNER, Vincent Edward
Date of birth
25 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33439843
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 January 1945
Place of death
Near Sprimont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 5 29

Immediate family

Members
Vincent P. Wagner (father)
Susanne Wagner (mother)
Anna Wagner (sister)
John Wagner (brother)
Joseph Wagner (brother)
Peter Wagner (brother)
Albert Wagner (brother)
Bernard Wagner (brother)
Eleanor Wagner (sister)
William Wagner (brother)

More information

Pfc Vincent E. Wagner enlisted in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on 4 March 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, 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 / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87infantrydivision.com, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Bevil Cohn, www.ancestry.com