Missing information?
Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?
Submit- Full
name
WILSON, David Currie - Date of
birth
22 February 1923 -
Age
22 - Place of
birth
Merchantville, Camden County, New Jersey -
Hometown
Burlington County, New Jersey
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
31340309 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
513th Parachute Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
-
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
24 March 1945 - Place of
death
Between Hamminkeln and Wesel, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| L | 6 | 15 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Winfield S. Wilson (father)
Elizabeth D. (Tyson) Wilson (mother)
James T. Wilson (brother)
Winfield S.Wilson (brother)
Richard T. Wilson (brother)
Esther B. Wilson (sister)
Source of information: www.ancestry.com - David Shoemaker Family Tree
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Winfield Scott Wilson III