179th DUISergeant Estile Thurman Wilson45th Patch

Commendation

October 19 1941 - October 16, 1945

Company B, 179th Infantry

September 7, 1917 - July 12, 1987


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1941


October 19: Enlists

1943:

1944:

Anzio Campaign

Rome-Arno Campaign

March: Hospitalized: Myositis: "an uncommon inflammatory disease marked by muscle weakness and a distinctive skin rash." Source: Mayo Clinic.

March: Discharged from hospital.

Southern France Campaign

August: Hospitalized: Malaria, vivax (tertian)

September: Discharged from the hospital.

Rhineland Campaign

September 30. Commendation for action at Grandevillers, France

October: Suffered injury to the ciliary body-eyelid from a eyelid from a land mine while afoot (battle casualty in the line of duty).

November: Discharged from the hospital.

Late November: The objectives of the 157th Infantry Regiment are to take Uhrwiller and Engwillerand and continue across the Rothbach River in what was then Germany and is now France when Sergeant WIlson was captured.

November 30: Prisoner of war: Stalag 12A to 9B Limburg An Der Lahn Hessen-Nassau, Prussia 50-08

1945:

June 14: Release from POW camp.

October 16: Discharged

Pending Research:

Discharge: From County Clerk

Company Morning Reports, After Action Reports, and Company Monthly Histories from the National Archives
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and Chuck Wilson

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Corrections and Minor Revisions: January 9, 2020
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Posted: November 24, 2020

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