World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Robert R. Wesson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Jemison, Alabama
Honored By
Mrs. Linda Smith
83rd Infantry Division. He was in France when a Cannon backfired and hit him in the stomach. He died in the hospital in 1944. He was 19 years old and was the first soldier sent back to his area. He had a full military funeral in Alabama in 1947.