Wildbur, Harlan A.

1917 - 1944  (27 years)

• Name	Wildbur, Harlan A.
  Birth	5 May 1917  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	WILD.H003
  _FGRAVE	23647641
  Military Service	World War II, Private First Class, 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, United States Army  [1, 2, 3]
  	Entered active service on July 13, 1941. As a Private 1st Class with the 13th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division, entered combat a month after D-Day. Killed in action during hedgerow warfare on July 13, 1943 near St. Lo, France. Awarded The Purple Heart Medal posthumously and otherwise entitled to The American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze battle star, and The WWII Victory Medal. Later, buried with military honors in Stipps Cemetery, Oskaloosa Township, Clay County, Illinois. Honored also at the WWII Memorial in Flora, Illinois. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903205
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		Harlan A. Wildbur (1917-1944)
  		United States Army
  		Harlan A. Wildbur (1917-1944)
  		Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		Harlan A. Wildbur (1917-1944)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Wildbur, Harlan A. (1917-1944) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Defense Service Medal, United States Armed Forces
  		American Campaign Medal, United States Military
  		American Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, United States
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		8th Infantry Division ("Pathfinder"), United States Army
  		8th Infantry Division ("Pathfinder"), United States Army
  		13th Infantry Regiment, United States Army
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Wildbur, Harlan A. (1917-1944)
  		World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
  Death	20 Jul 1944	St. Lo, France   [1, 4]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  	Killed in action during hedgerow warfare on July 13, 1943 near St. Lo, France
  Burial	Stipp Cemetery, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Wildbur, Harlan A.
  		Headstone, Wilbur, Harlan A.
  Person ID	I43072	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	15 May 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Stipp Cemetery, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S13448] Findagrave.com, Headstone, Wildbur, Harlan A., (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23647641/harlan-a_-wildbur), none. (Reliability: 2). [S15404] Robert Medley Gatewood, Brochure, Flora, Illinois, World War II Veterans Memorial, page #4, (https://genealogy.carlwgray.com/showmedia.php?mediaID=18791) (Reliability: 2). [S13426] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Harlan A. Wildbur, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903205) (Reliability: 2). [S15580] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, National Archives & Records Administration War Department Files, PFC Harlan A. Wildbur, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=1903205) (Reliability: 2).