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Personal info

Full name
WIESE, Hans
Date of birth
1 March 1908
Age
36
Place of birth
Lake Park, Dickinson County, Iowa
Hometown
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California

Military service

Service number
39143990
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
30th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 30 16

Immediate family

Members
Peter Wiese (father)
Leena (Walter) Wiese (mother)
Martha Wiese (sister)
Sadie (Reinfeld) Wiese (wife)

More information

Pvt Hans Wiese was a welder.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 20 November 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / US WW2 Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy