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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Edward Archibald
Date of birth
21 February 1919
Age
26
Place of birth
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31452088
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Peffingen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 35

Immediate family

Members
Alice T. Wilson (mother)
Winifred M Wilson (sister)

More information

Pfc Edward A. Wilson enlisted at Ft. Devens, Massachusetts on 23 February 1944. He attended 2 years of high school and worked in confection production before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Record

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem