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Personal info

Full name
WESLEY, William Edward
Date of birth
31 January 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
O-1293862
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Kintzheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 35 35

Immediate family

Members
Arthur E. Wesley (father)
Florence (Kendall) Wesley (mother)
Dorothy Wesley (sister)
Eileen Wesley (sister)
Virginia (Markey) Wesley (wife)

More information

1st Lt William E. Wesley was a graduate of the Henry Ford Trade School and was emplyed at the Michigan Bell Telephone Company before he entered the army in January 1942.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - John J. Graf, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Michigan Marriage Records / 1930 Census, After Action Report 26th Infantry Divsion, www.findagrave.com, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press 17 January 1945
Photo source: -, www.newspapers.com - Detroit Free Press 17 January 1945