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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, William Jr
Date of birth
29 June 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Gary, Lake County, Indiana
Hometown
Hobart, Lake County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35907152
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
2nd Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schankweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 2 36

Immediate family

Members
William Wilson Sr. (father)
Ella (Brown) Wilson (mother)
Dorothy E. Wilson (sister)
David Wilson (brother)
Eleanor Wilson (sister)
John Wilson (brother)

More information

Pvt William Wilson Jr. attended Hobart High School and was employed for a short time by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company before he enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 21 August 1944 and received his training at Camp Croft in South Carolina.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Adams Family Tree / Indiana Birth Certificates, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Munster Times

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - LuxAmCem