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PH3 Frank Adrian De Wildt
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PH3 Frank Adrian De Wildt Veteran

Birth
Wisconsin, USA
Death
17 Sep 1944 (aged 30)
At Sea
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy--Buried at Sea
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Kimberly Sailor Dies of Wounds.

Frank Adrian De Wildt, 30, pharmacist's mate third class, died Sept. 17 as a result of wounds received "while in performance of duty in the service of his country," according to a navy department telegram received this morning by his wife, who lives at 817 W. Lorain street and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John De Wildt, 116 Elm street, Kimberly.

When his family last heard from him, he was stationed in the southwest Pacific, where he was a navy medical corpsman attached to the marines. Prior to joining the navy in May, 1943, he was employed as a painter by the Kimberly-Clark corporation at Kimberly. He was born Aug. 12, 1914.

Survivors, in addition to the wife and parents, are two brothers, Technical Corporal Joseph, in the Hawaiian islands, and Clarence, in the coast guard; and seven sisters, Rita and Agnes, at home; Mrs. cy Ebben and Mrs. Arthur Kons, Little Chute; Mrs. Frank Vanden Heuvel, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Cooney Van Dinter and M rs. Howard Gmeiner, Appleton.

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Buried At Sea
Kimberly Sailor Dies of Wounds.

Frank Adrian De Wildt, 30, pharmacist's mate third class, died Sept. 17 as a result of wounds received "while in performance of duty in the service of his country," according to a navy department telegram received this morning by his wife, who lives at 817 W. Lorain street and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John De Wildt, 116 Elm street, Kimberly.

When his family last heard from him, he was stationed in the southwest Pacific, where he was a navy medical corpsman attached to the marines. Prior to joining the navy in May, 1943, he was employed as a painter by the Kimberly-Clark corporation at Kimberly. He was born Aug. 12, 1914.

Survivors, in addition to the wife and parents, are two brothers, Technical Corporal Joseph, in the Hawaiian islands, and Clarence, in the coast guard; and seven sisters, Rita and Agnes, at home; Mrs. cy Ebben and Mrs. Arthur Kons, Little Chute; Mrs. Frank Vanden Heuvel, Milwaukee; and Mrs. Cooney Van Dinter and M rs. Howard Gmeiner, Appleton.

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Buried At Sea

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Wisconsin.



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  • Maintained by: Coleman ✿
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: Aug 8, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56781987/frank_adrian-de_wildt: accessed ), memorial page for PH3 Frank Adrian De Wildt (12 Aug 1914–17 Sep 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56781987, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Coleman ✿ (contributor 47076912).