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Personal info

Full name
DODSON, Wilbur Henry
Date of birth
17 December 1918
Age
25
Place of birth
Grundy County, Missouri
Hometown
Princetown, Mercer County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37139137
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Arnaville, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 9 91

Immediate family

Members
Otie C. Dodson (father)
Carrie Dodson (mother)
James W. Dodson (brother)
Hobert C. Dodson (brother)
Elmer W. Dodson (brother)
Wilma A. Dodson (twin sister)

More information

Pvt Wilbur H. Dodson graduated from Ravanna High School in 1935.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States on 5 January 1942 and was sent overseas in October 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry division in the ETO, www.newspapers.com - The Princeton Post - 2 November 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - j