Wilson, Joseph Warren 'Joe'

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Retired Pumper for Pure Oil Company
• Reference Number: WILS.J002
• _FGRAVE: 18364145
• Military Service: World War II, Sergeant, Company H, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th ‘Texas' Infantry Division, United States Army
• Census: 20 Mar 1950, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; 1950 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Illinois, District 13-3, Sheet 15
• Funeral: 10 Jul 1993, Clay City Methodist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Joe served in Europe with the U.S. Army during World War II, rising to the rank of Sergeant.

He died of a heart attack in Clay City, Illinois, shortly after parking his truck to check on the mail.
He was a retired pumper for Pure Oil Co., and a member of the Clay City Methodist Church.

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on September 29, 1943 at Camp Grant, Illinois. Completed basic training, qualified in the military occupational specialty of Rifleman (745) and later as Machine Gun Non-Commissioned Officer (604). Departed the Continental U.S. on March 12, 1944 bound for the European Theater of Operations. Assigned to and fought with company H, 141st Infantry Regiment, 36th 'Texas' Infantry Division in the Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland and Central Europe Campaigns. Wounded by enemy action on August 24, 1945 in vicinity of Crest, France. Earned the Purple Heart Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze battle stars and bronze arrowhead (assault landing) and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Sergeant on November 1, 1945 at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, 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=2055847

Died:
According to his wife, Edna, he died at Clay City while checking the mail. According to his obituary, he died at the Clay County Hospital.

Buried:
Plot: 1 Add. Blk. 23

Joseph married Rutger, Ollie Mae on 24 Jun 1926. Ollie was born in 1908; died in 1994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married McDowell, Edna Bernice on 22 Jun 1937 in Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois. Edna (daughter of McDowell, Charles Arthur 'Charlie' and Bugg, Martha Alice) was born on 2 Nov 1918 in Clay County, Illinois; was christened on 30 Mar 1958 in Clay City Methodist Church, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 11 Feb 2004 in Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 14 Feb 2004 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: WILS.L008

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: WILS.J036
• _FGRAVE: 118823538