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Pearce, Wallace Edwin |
| Birth |
12 Feb 1914 |
Flora, Clay County, Illinois  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Reference Number |
PEAR.W002 |
| _FGRAVE |
56302596 |
| Military Service |
World War II, Private First Class, VII Corps Artillery, United States Army [1, 2] |
- Private First Class. Fought with a VII Corps Artillery Unit. Killed in action on 16 April 1945. Awarded a Bronze Star Medal and The Purple Heart Medal. Buried with military honors at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands. Also honored at the Elmwood 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=1925357
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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. … |
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Wallace Edwin Pearce (1914-1945)
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World War II Honoree, Pearce, Wallace E. (1914-1945)
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Belgium in World War II
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Military Service Ribbons, Pearce, Wallace Edwin (1914-1945)
Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
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World War II Casualties, Clay County Illinois
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Bronze Star Medal, United States Armed Forces
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Bronze Star Medal, United States
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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Private First Class, United States Army and United States Army Air Fores
(Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
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United States Army
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Purple Heart Medal, United States Military
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United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
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VII Corps, United States Army
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VII Corps, United States Army
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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,… |
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World War II
(1939-1945) |
| Death |
16 Apr 1945 |
Belgium [3] |
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Belgium
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Belgium in World War II
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| Burial |
Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial, Margraten, Eijsden-Margraten Municipality, Limburg, Netherlands [4] |
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Headstone, Pearce, Wallace E. (1914-1946)
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Entrance, Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands
The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is the only American military cemetery in the Netherlands. The cemetery site has a rich historical background, lying near the famous Cologne-Boulogne highway built by the Romans and used by Caesar during his campaign in that area. The highway was also used by Charlemagne, Charles V, Napoleon, and… |
| Person ID |
I43053 |
Carl Wayne Gray Research |
| Last Modified |
15 May 2023 |
English
1914 - 1945 (31 years)
