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Sgt Wilbur A. Wulfeck graduated from St. Benedict High School and attended Evening College of Commerce and Engineering of the University of Cinicinnati.

He enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 20 July 1943. He had been overseas for just two months when he was killed.

The remains of Sgt. Wilbur A. Wulfeck were found in a meadow. No external injuries were noted.

Statement of Billy Anderson, S/Sgt, Waist Gunner.
This plane that was hit (771) was flying in the high group and was flying about off our left wing and high, and the ME-109 came up from his tail and leveled off and then the B-17´s started on fire and winged over to the right, went down under our left wing and then it blew up. Then I saw one chute open up.

Six crew members were killed, four were taken prisoner. The six casualties were initially buried at the Leipzig-Lindenthal Cemetery on 26 August 1944. A field investigation after the war could only recover the remains of 2n Lt Daniel P. Giove (bombardier). At that time, three remains were evacuated to St. Avold Cemetery as unknowns but further investigation could not link them to one of the other crew members.