Wilson Adelbert Wendt


  • Cadet Company H (4), I (3)
  • Age 21
  • Date of birth 31-Dec-23
  • Born in Georgetown
  • Born state Limburg
  • Hometown Brooklyn
  • Country Eijsden-Margraten
  • State Limburg
  • Family Lucy M. Munnerlyn (mother), Adelbert T. Wendt (father)
  • Rank Private First Class
  • Service Number S/N 14192248
  • Entered the service from Brooklyn, Kings County
  • Enlistment date 9-dec-42
  • Enlistment city New York
  • Company E
  • Battalion 2nd
  • Regiment 317th Infantry
  • Division 80th Infantry
  • Theater Europe
  • Status KIA
  • Casualty details KIA, Erfurt
  • Place of death Germany
  • Awards Purple Heart
  • Grave number Plot J, Row 5, Grave 19
  • Town Margraten
  • Biography Cenotaph: Prince George Winyah Cemetery, Georgetown, Georgetown, SC, USA