Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
WHEELER, Marshall Friend
Date of birth
25 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota
Hometown
McLeod County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37593550
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Fraulautern, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 17 11

Immediate family

Members
George R. Wheeler (father)
Anna A. (Friend) Wheeler (mother)
George R. Wheeler (brother)
Floyd E. Wheeler (brother)
Wesley W. Wheeler (brother)
Ione B. (Rethlake) Wheeler (wife)
Jackie Wheeler (daughter)
Sylvester Wheeler (son)

More information

Pvt Marshall F. Wheeler enlisted in Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 25 April 1944.

He attended high school for 1 year and was a driver before he enlisted.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com – MN Headstone Hunter, www.WWIImemorial.com – Family, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920 census / Minnesota Birth Index, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php

Photo source: -, www.wwiimemorial.com – Family, www.ancestry.com – Richard Heckel