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William Thomas Wygal

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William Thomas Wygal

Birth
Death
26 Jul 2015 (aged 92)
Burial
San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION G ROW 4 SITE 47
Memorial ID
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MAJOR US ARMY
SGT US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM

Marine Corp. William T. Wygal, 21, son of Mrs. Helen Wygal, of 340 Bloom St., Highland Park, and Army Pvt. John W. Connell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Connell of 3008 Elim Ave., Zion, were wounded in fighting on Saipan, their families were notified yesterday, Wygal who previously had been shot in the cheek on Tarawa, was wounded on June 27, the day his mother received word that another son, Lawrence, 23, a first lieutenant in the army air forces, had been killed in a raid over Austria.

SOURCE:
Chicago Tribune (IL) - Tuesday, July 25, 1944

Shared by JSMorrison 47978427

His brother Lawrence J. Wygal
MAJOR US ARMY
SGT US MARINE CORPS
WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM

Marine Corp. William T. Wygal, 21, son of Mrs. Helen Wygal, of 340 Bloom St., Highland Park, and Army Pvt. John W. Connell, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Connell of 3008 Elim Ave., Zion, were wounded in fighting on Saipan, their families were notified yesterday, Wygal who previously had been shot in the cheek on Tarawa, was wounded on June 27, the day his mother received word that another son, Lawrence, 23, a first lieutenant in the army air forces, had been killed in a raid over Austria.

SOURCE:
Chicago Tribune (IL) - Tuesday, July 25, 1944

Shared by JSMorrison 47978427

His brother Lawrence J. Wygal


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  • Added: Sep 2, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151647907/william_thomas-wygal: accessed ), memorial page for William Thomas Wygal (22 Apr 1923–26 Jul 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151647907, citing Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA; Maintained by PIN (contributor 47281994).