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Personal info

Full name
WHALEY, Wilford Floyd
Date of birth
23 January 1912
Age
33
Place of birth
Ripley County, Indiana
Hometown
Clay, Dearborn County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35039349
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
Rifleman
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Kruchten-Hommerdingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 9 6

Immediate family

Members
Floyd C. Whaley (father)
Alma M. (Shepherd) Whaley (mother)
Eugene E. Whaley (brother)
Edna M. (Boyd) Whaley (wife)

More information

T/5 Wilford F. Whaley was a carpenter before he enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana on 2 March 1942. He arrived in North Africa on 2 November 1942.

He was hit by artillery shell fragments in the chest and head.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, The Journal-Press - 14 February 1946