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Personal info

Full name
WULF, William Henry
Date of birth
3 June 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Sugar Creek, Hancock County, Indiana
Hometown
New Palestine, Hancock County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35359361
Rank
Corporal
Function
Radio Operator Low Speed
Unit
Canon Company,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Zerf-Hirschfelderhof, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 1 18

Immediate family

Members
Henry A. Wulf (father)
Rosa L. (Meier) Wulf (mother)
Helen E. Wulf (sister)
Ruth W. Wulf (sister)
Eleanora L. Wulf (sister)
Leroy F. Wulf (brother)
Wilma M. Wulf (sister)

More information

Cpl William H. Wulf graduated from New Palestine High School in 1937 and worked on the family farm.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 6 July 1942 and was sent overseas on 27 June 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the side of his body.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Hancock Democrat, New Palestine High School - 1937