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Personal info

Full name
WIELERT, Thomas J
Date of birth
1926
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Ocean Grove, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32755784
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 November 1944
Place of death
Near Metz, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 15 31

Immediate family

Members
Joseph Wielert (father)
Reba M. (Powell) Wielert (mother)
Philip S. Wielert (brother)

More information

Pfc Thomas J. Wielert attended Rutgers University.

He enlisted in March 1943. He was then stationed at the University of Pennsylvania where he received his training in the Army specialized Training Program for several months.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. School Yearbooks / 1930 Census, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - Asbury Park Press
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