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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Paul Baxter
Date of birth
4 December 1912
Age
31
Place of birth
Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Hometown
Sapulpa, Creek County, Oklahoma

Military service

Service number
38691448
Rank
Private
Function
Rifleman
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schleiden-Niedermerz, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
A 16 31

Immediate family

Members
Zelbert P. Wilson (father)
Una B. (Porter) Wilson (mother)
Georgia E. Wilson (wife)
Don P. Wilson (son)
Kyle Wilson (grandson)
Philip B. Wilson (grandson)

More information

Pvt Paul B. Wilson enlisted in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on 9 March 1944.
He joined his unit from Replacement Depot on 19 September 1944.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Kyle Wilson (grandson), www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Wilson Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Michael Beach, Kyle Wilson