wife Esther Florence Anderson Wesenberg

S/SST Army WW2

Battery 185 Iowa field artillery
Ireland 1942
31 months overseas as a Staff Sergeant in the signal corps. He was in the African and 5th army signal corps, Italian campaigns.
He was employed as machinist Rock Island Arsenal, Ill.

bronze star Ttaliam campaign 1944 Jan 10
Battle of Salerno, Italy

brown eyes brown hair 6'6" tall
3 adopted children names not known
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Ray W. Wesenberg Ray W. Wesenberg, 68, of 1173 46th Ave, East Moline, died Thursday at Moline Lutheran Hospital Services will be 11 a.m.
Monday at Homewood Evangelical Free Church, Moline

. Burial will be in National Cemetery, Rock Island Arsenal

Memorials may be made to Homewood Evangelical Free Church, the American Cancer Society or the Rock Island County Heart Association.
Mr. Wesenberg was an automotive mechanic at the Rock Island Arsenal for 20 years.

He married Esther Anderson in 1945 in Moline.

He was a veteran of World War II, and a member of the Homewood Evangelical Free Church, the Gideon Society and the American Association of Retired Persons.
He was secretary of International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District Lodge 102.

Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Judy Mills, SilvLs;
a son, Joe, Moline, and four grandchildren.

Quad-City Times
Davenport, Iowa
19 Oct 1979, Fri • Page 14
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WW II draft information
Name: Ray Walter Wesenberg
Age: 33
Birth Date: 16 May 1911
Birth Place: Davenport, Iowa
Residence Place: Davenport, Scott, Iowa, USA
Registration Date: 2 Dec 1944
Registration Place: Iowa, USA
Employer: Unemployed Discharged Veteran
Weight: 235
Complexion: Ruddy
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 6' 6"
Next of Kin: Bertha Wesenberg (sister)-------

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Quad-City Times Davenport, Iowa 19 Oct 1979, Fri • Page 14