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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Clyde Alton
Date of birth
17 September 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Jasper County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37725464
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 January 1945
Place of death
Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
H 12 3

Immediate family

Members
Clyde A. Wilson (father)
Betty (Haasc) Wilson (wife)

More information

Pfc Clyde A. Wilson enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 28 October 1943. He attended Webb City High School in Webb City, Missouri.
He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block A, Row 12, Grave 281.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ww2-airborne.us, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - Webb City High School Yearbook 1946