T/Sgt. George Lee Wolf
Born: 14 December 1916 – Chicago, Illinois
Parents: Manford L. Wolf & Alma A. Bedard-Wolf
Siblings: 3 sisters
Home:
– 1618 North Main Street – Melrose Park, Illinois
Education:
– Sacred Heart School – Melrose Park
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1936
Employment: J. W. Trenkler – Melrose Park, Illinois
Selective Service Registration: 16 October 1940
Contact Person: Alma A. Wolf – mother
Inducted:
– U.S. Army
– 18 April 1941
Serial Number: 36027110
Training:
– Camp Grant – Rockford, Illinois
– Camp Forrest – Tullahoma, Tennessee
Unit: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division
– 129th Infantry Regiment was an Illinois National Guard unit
– Federalized – 5 March 1941
Engagements:
– Fiji Islands
– 20 September 1942 – division sent there to fortify islands
– 11 March 1943 – left Fiji
– Espiritu Islands
– 13 March 1943
– Guadalcanal
– 4 November 1943 – 11 November 1943
– Bougainville, New Guinea – 13 November 1943 – 13 December 1944 – division sent to Bougainville to relieve Marines
– 8 March 1944
– Piva Airfield – defended airfield from heavy Japanese attacks
– promoted from Staff Sergeant to Technical Sergeant
Reenlisted: 17 April 1944
– 11 October 1944
– the division trained for the invasion of the Philippines
– Luzon, Philippine Islands – 9 January 1945
– attached to the 40th Infantry Division – 1 February 1945
Killed in Action:
– 1 February 1945 – Clark Airfield
– hit in the head by sniper fire on way to Manila
Buried:
– American Military Cemetery – Manila, Philippine Islands
– Plot: D Row: 9 Grave: 185
Medals:
– Good Conduct Medal
– Combat Infantry Medal
– awarded for exemplary conduct during the Battle of Bougainville, New Guinea
– Purple Heart
