PFC Francis Woodrow Wheeler (1919-1944)

PFC Francis Woodrow Wheeler Veteran

Birth

15 Jan 1919

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA

Death

6 Jun 1944 (aged 25)

Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France

Burial

Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum

Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map

Plot

Sec DX, Lot 416

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Killed in Action during the D-Day invasion at Normandy.

Pfc Wheeler posthumously was awarded the Purple Heart for his ultimate sacrifice to his country and our freedom.

Service ID: 36628213.

Chicago Tribune 12/13/1947 Abstract

Pfc. Francis W. Wheeler, 6/6/1944 at Normandy Beach, of 5540 S. Ada st. and 5542 S. Paulina st., husband of Mildred, son of Joseph and Martha Wheeler, brother of Joseph Jr., Rita Braasch and Mary Jamick. Interment St. Mary, Evergreen Park.

Killed in Action during the D-Day invasion at Normandy.

Pfc Wheeler posthumously was awarded the Purple Heart for his ultimate sacrifice to his country and our freedom.

Service ID: 36628213.

Chicago Tribune 12/13/1947 Abstract

Inscription

PFC, 116 INF, 29 INF DIV WORLD WAR II

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Mildred Martens Wheeler

1913–1971

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