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Personal info

Full name
PRESTON, Wesley Loree
Date of birth
26 August 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
VanDyke, Macomb County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36975182
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
406th Infantry Regiment,
102nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 November 1944
Place of death
Near Apweiler, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 16 16

Immediate family

Members
Cassius F. Preston (father)
Nellie F. (Loree) Preston (mother)
William Preston (brother)
Thelma Preston (sister)
Mary E.T. (Monteith) Preston (wife)
David L. Preston (son)

More information

Pvt Wesley Preston was employed by a tool and dye company in Detroit.

He enlisted on 29 April 1944 and was sent overseas in October 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com

Photo source: www.ancestry.com, www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, David L. Preston