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Personal info

Full name
WILLSHER, John Leslie
Date of birth
21 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Hometown
Rockford, Floyd County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37117693
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
47th Armored Infantry Battalion,
5th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
Aachen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 5 23

Immediate family

Members
Thomas H. Willsher (father)
Clara E. (Gibbs) Willsher (mother)
George W. Willsher (brother)
Lynn T. Willsher (brother)
Claude R. Willsher (brother)
Fred J. Willsher (brother)
Clare E. Willsher (sister)
Evelyne J. Willsher (sister)
Gladys Willsher (sister)

More information

Sgt Willsher enlisted on 12 March 1942 and was sent overseas on 2 February 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.5ad.org, www.ancestry.com - Iowa State Census / WWII Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries, Mount Pleasant News - 11 October 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com