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Personal info

Full name
WELLS, Paul Terrell
Date of birth
5 November 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Peru, Miami County, Indiana
Hometown
Peru, Miami County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35898458
Rank
Private
Function
Light Machine Gunner
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
Urspelt, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 2

Immediate family

Members
Arthur T. Wells (father)
Fay R. (Collins) Wells (mother)
Betty L. Wells (sister)
Robert A. Wells (brother)
Richard C. Wells (brother)
Shirley M. Wells (sister)

More information

Pvt Paul T. Wells was employed at the C And O Railroad before he enlisted.
He was awarded the Silver Star Medal posthumously for continuing to carry ammunition to his beleaguered comrades, and operated one of their machine guns until his death.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Bruce Weirauch, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Kokomo Tribune 23 August 1945
Photo source: Peter Schouteten