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Personal info

Full name
WOLLEN, John
Date of birth
10 October 1913
Age
31
Place of birth
North Walpole, Cheshire County, New Hampshire
Hometown
Rhode Island

Military service

Service number
6135049
Rank
First Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
2nd Battalion,
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment,
101st Airborne Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 January 1945
Place of death
Near Longchamps, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
D 7 6

Immediate family

Members
Charles Wollen (father)
Marcella (Zabrowski) Wollen (mother)
Josephine Wollen (sister)
Mary A. Wollen (sister)
Joseph Wollen (brother)
Jimmie Wollen (brother)
Annie Wollen (sister)
Stella Wollen (sister)
Augustine Wollen (sister)
Charles Wollen (brother)

More information

1st Sgt John Wollen attended high school for 1 year before he volunteered for the U.S. Army in Boston, Massachusetts on 11 December 1941.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Grand Failly, France.

The family changed their name from Walangiawicyus in the 1930's.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://www.ww2-airborne.us
Photo source: Peter Schouteten