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Infantry major killed in action on 08/06/1944 near Cherbourg, France.
From 99 Lives Project (99 Lives (knox.edu))
From 99 Lives Project (99 Lives (knox.edu))
BIRTH DATE
22 Oct 1912
BIRTH LOCATION
Gilson, Knox County, Illinois, USA
FATHER
Ralph D Wolf, farmer
MOTHER
Mabel Iris Woolsey Wolf
SIBLINGS
Harlan E Wolf, Morine H Wolf Hughes
SPOUSE
Dorothy Lou Campbell Wolf
HIGH SCHOOL
Haw Creek Township HS
HIGH SCHOOL LOCATION
Gilson, Illinois
HOMETOWN
Gilson, Knox County
HOME STATE
Illinois
ENTERED KNOX
1930
CLASS YEAR
1934
MAJOR
History
SPORTS
Football, basketball, track
ACTIVITIES
Reserve Officers' Training Corps, theater, Key Club, K Council, varsity debate, Seymour Hall Council
FRATERNITY
Phi Gamma Delta, president
WAR / CONFLICT
World War II
MILITARY SERVICE
US Army
SERIAL NUMBER
O-314244
RANK
Major
UNIT
60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division
SERVICE HISTORY
A veteran of the North African and Sicilian campaigns
CASUALTY DATA
KIA / Killed In Action - while leading a battalion in action around Cherbourg
DATE OF DEATH
6 Aug 1944
AGE AT DEATH
31
LOCATION OF DEATH
Near Cherbourg, Basse-Normandie, France
BURIAL
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
PLOT LOCATION
Section 11, grave 392
FIND A GRAVE
AWARDS
Purple Heart
REMARKS
After graduation, he joined editorial staff of the Washington Daily News
