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SSGT Edward William Wild

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SSGT Edward William Wild Veteran

Birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
29 Jan 1945 (aged 22)
Belgium
Burial
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.1792655, Longitude: -85.6333973
Plot
Section 7
Memorial ID
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Information below gleaned from ancestry.com via newspaper.com from THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, APRIL 23RD, 1948 edition, PAGE 29

EDWARD W. WILD
Funeral services for S/Sgt. Edward W. Wild, 22, who was killed in action in Belgium January 22, 1945 will be at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Heady's Chapel and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park.
Wild, who lived at 978 Barret, was in the Army three years. He was previously employed by Henry Fischer Packing Company. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Lorena Wild; three sisters, Mrs. Louis Scanlon, Miss Margaret Louise Wild, and Miss Carolyn Marie Wild, and three brothers, John A. Wild, Charles R. Wild, and George A. Wild.

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #15333561
Enlistment Date: 10/21/1942

Edward W. Wild is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Kentucky, U.S., Birth Index, 1911-1999 lists his date of birth as 30 Aug 1922 in Jefferson County, Kentucky to Lorena Loebert.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 210 Adams Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Contact person listed as Mrs. Lorena Wild (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as Louisville, Kentucky on 08/31/1922. Employed by Henry Fischer Packing Company, 1862 Nellwood Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky as of 06/30/1942 registration date.

Re-interred on April 24, 1948.

***I would like to thank Steve P. Find A Grave ID 47529957 for creating this memorial as well as adding his gravesite photos to it***

***I would like to thank Francie Ede Find A Grave ID 47144964 for linking his mother to this memorial***
Information below gleaned from ancestry.com via newspaper.com from THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, FRIDAY, APRIL 23RD, 1948 edition, PAGE 29

EDWARD W. WILD
Funeral services for S/Sgt. Edward W. Wild, 22, who was killed in action in Belgium January 22, 1945 will be at 9 a.m. tomorrow at Heady's Chapel and at 9:30 a.m. at St. Joseph's Church. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park.
Wild, who lived at 978 Barret, was in the Army three years. He was previously employed by Henry Fischer Packing Company. Survivors are his mother, Mrs. Lorena Wild; three sisters, Mrs. Louis Scanlon, Miss Margaret Louise Wild, and Miss Carolyn Marie Wild, and three brothers, John A. Wild, Charles R. Wild, and George A. Wild.

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U.S. Army Service No. (ASN): #15333561
Enlistment Date: 10/21/1942

Edward W. Wild is listed as Killed In Action in the 1946 Army and Army Air Forces Personnel Casualty List for Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Kentucky, U.S., Birth Index, 1911-1999 lists his date of birth as 30 Aug 1922 in Jefferson County, Kentucky to Lorena Loebert.

U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 210 Adams Street, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky. Contact person listed as Mrs. Lorena Wild (Mother) of same address. Place of birth listed as Louisville, Kentucky on 08/31/1922. Employed by Henry Fischer Packing Company, 1862 Nellwood Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky as of 06/30/1942 registration date.

Re-interred on April 24, 1948.

***I would like to thank Steve P. Find A Grave ID 47529957 for creating this memorial as well as adding his gravesite photos to it***

***I would like to thank Francie Ede Find A Grave ID 47144964 for linking his mother to this memorial***


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