World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
James Leroy Wilson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Mobile, Alabama
Honored By
His Family
PRIVATE, COMPANY D, 22ND INFANTRY REGIMENT, 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION. LANDED ON UTAH BEACH IN FRANCE, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION ON JUNE 14, 1944, DYING LATER THE SAME DAY. BURIED IN A TEMPORARY CEMETERY IN ST. MERE EGLISE, FRANCE. RETURNED TO THE STATES AND BURIED IN MOBILE NATIONAL CEMETERY ON AUGUST 8, 1949.