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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Cecil Fae
Date of birth
20 April 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
Gardner, Johnson County, Kansas
Hometown
Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
17129252
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
63rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
11th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rechrival or Hubermont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
G 5 20

Immediate family

Members
Joseph D. Wilson (father)
Ruby L. (Stone) Wilson (mother)
Kenneth L. Wilson (brother)
Fannie H. Wilson (sister)
Frank W. Wilson (brother)
Josephine I. Wilson (sister)
Francis Wilson (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Cecil F. Wilson attended high school for four years and was a typesetter.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 11 November 1942.

S/Sgt Wilson is remembered at Gardner Cemetery in Gardner, Johnson County, Kansas with a memorial marker.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.11tharmoreddivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R&S / KAB / Carole Dolisi Beaver