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Personal info

Full name
WILSON, Gene
Date of birth
1923
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Ohio
Hometown
Los Angeles County, California

Military service

Service number
6579919
Rank
Private
Function
Gunner
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
80th Tank Battalion,
8th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
28 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
J.E. Wilson (father)
Robert Wilson (brother)
William Wilson (brother)
C.C. McCarty (Nephew)

More information

Pvt Gene Wilson attended Pioneer and Hancock School.

He joined the Regular Army on 20 July 1939 and served in Alaska for three years.

His brother, William, served with the paratroopers in China and is buried at the American Military Cemetery of Manilla, Philippines.

Another brother, Robert, served with the navy somewhere in the Pacific.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov www.8th-armored.org, www.ancestry.com, Sunday Times Signal, 22 April 1945 / The Zanesville Signal 11 May 1945, The Times Recorder 11 September 1945

Photo source: Peter Schouteten