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Personal info

Full name
WOLFGANG, Simon Boyd
Date of birth
29 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Ramsaytown, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Marienville, Forest County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33712597
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 March 1945
Place of death
Ottweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 4 26

Immediate family

Members
Harry L. Wolfgang (father)
Ruth A. (Schrecengost) Wolfgang (mother)
Daniel W. Wolfgang (brother)
Zelda I. Wolfgang (sister)
Eugene Wolfgang (brother)
James L. Wolfgang (brother)
Merle A. Wolfgang (brother)
Alice G. Wolfgang (wife)

More information

Pfc Simon B. Wolfgang attended high school for four years and was a mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Erie, Pennsylvania on 7 August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his head.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com – Gary Byers, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Marienville, Pennsylvania