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Personal info

Full name
ACHESON, Wilbur Everett "Bud"
Date of birth
26 December 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Linden, Montgomery County, Indiana
Hometown
Randolph County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-1319390
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Platoon Commander
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
115th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
West bank of the Rur river at Jülich, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
H 1 3

Immediate family

Members
George T. Acheson (father)
Mary M. (Babanoe) Acheson (mother)
Elmer B. Howard (half brother)
Scott C. Acheson (brother)
Floyd S. Acheson (brother)
Roy E. Slavens (half brother)
Ione L. Acheson (sister)
Martha Acheson (sister)
Dorothea N. (Gephart) Acheson (1st wife - divorced)
Eugenia A. Acheson (wife)

More information

1st Lt Wilbur E. Acheson graduated from West Lafayette High School and was an employee of the Ralston Company.

He served at the infantry replacement training center, at Camp Wheeler, Georgia, before entering the Officers Candidate School. He was commissioned a second lieutenant after successfully completing the course at Fort Benning, Georgia in May 1943.

He joined his unit from replacement depot on 24 November 1944.


Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.americandday.org, www.newspapers.com - Journal and Courier

Photo source: Hans Wijnands / Lafayette High School / Jana Leasure