US PARAS Monk, Wesley James

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Monk ​

• FORENAME

Wesley James​

• UNIT

513 Parachute Infantry Regiment ​

• RANK

Technical Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

14108020 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

24th March 1945 ​

• AGE

23​

• GRAVESITE

Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands Plot O Row 17 Grave 17 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Escambia County, Alabama​

born 13.10.1921 Kirkland, Alabama, USA​

father William Harrison Monk (1884-1954)​

mother Margaret (nee Barrow) Monk (1887-1981)​

4 years high school​

married upon enlistment​

wife Claire (nee Bell) Monk (1924-2019)​

14.02.1942 draft card Brewton, Alabama​

06.07.1942 entered service Fort McClellan, Alabama​

Next of kin - Wife. Mrs. Lillian C. Monk, P.O. Box 332, Brewton, Alabama​

KIA Germany (C-46D #44-77595 shot down by German Artillery)​

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