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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Charles Branchford
Date of birth
23 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Tennessee
Hometown
Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana

Military service

Service number
35905543
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
394th Infantry Regiment,
99th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
L 11 18

Immediate family

Members
Abner B. Wilson (father)
Bertha M. (Bennet) Wilson (mother)
Mary M. Wilson (sister)
Guthrie O. Wilson (brother)
Ruby E. (Webb) Wilson (wife)
Charles M. Wilson (son)
Katherine L. Wilson (daughter)

More information

Pfc Charles B. Wilson was employed by the Illinois Central Railroad Shops where he worked as a switchman.

He enlisted in Indianapolis, Indiana on 29 July 1944. He was sent overseas in December 1944.

A bronze plaque had been place in the Illinois Central Railroad freight station in Indianapolis in honor of Charles B. Wilson.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Indianapolis News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Lynn Wilson Kelsey