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Personal info

Full name
WELLMAN, Marvin Lindley
Date of birth
16 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon
Hometown
Baker City, Baker County, Oregon

Military service

Service number
39346069
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
242nd Infantry Regiment,
42nd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 April 1945
Place of death
10 miles north of Würzburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 2 23

Immediate family

Members
Walter R. Wellman (father)
Olive O. (Lindley) Wellman (mother)
Roger L. Wellman (brother)
Neva Wellman (sister)

More information

Pfc Marvin L. Wellman attended Oregon State College for one year and worked on a farm before he enlisted in Portland, Oregon on 18 August 1944.

He was killed by shrapnel.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Roger L. Wellman / Neva Jaquysh, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / MKOB Family Tree, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Baker City Oregon / Corvallis Oregon