Jansen, Wilbert A.

1913 - 1995  (82 years)

• Name	Jansen, Wilbert A.
  Birth	6 Jan 1913	Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  Education - High School	1932	Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Kaukauna High School Class of 1932
  News Mention	6 Dec 1944
  Kaukauna Times
  First Lieut. Wilbur A. Jansen has been awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart. Jansen was wounded in action in France, having been in the Army for about two years. The war Department's version of the action for which Jansen was decorated is as follows: A patrol of about 40 Germans infiltrated the main line of the third Battalion and attacked an ammunition dump about 400 yards behind the battalion command post. Lieut. Jansen, leader of the platoon and six men promptly deployed and directed a fire fight in which eight of the enemy were killed and three others wounded. Jansen mounted the cab of a truck and manned the 50 caliber machine gun until his ammunition was exhausted. His gallant action and resourceful leadership stopped the larger enemy patrol and held it off until reinforcements arrived.
  Military Service	Bef 1946
  WWII
  Death	16 Mar 1995
  Burial	Aft 16 Mar 1995	Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  		Jansen, Wilbert Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Kaukauna, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I83352	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	23 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Jansen, William Martin,   b. 20 Sep 1876, , , , Germany d. 31 Jul 1959 (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Jansen, Christina,   b. 2 Feb 1880, Buchanan, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 15 Nov 1950 (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F36208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Baeten, Ruth Marie,   b. 2 Apr 1922, Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA d. 28 Jun 1974 (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1943	St. Paul Catholic Church, Wrightstown, Wisconsin, USA
  Children	1. Jansen, Kay
  Family ID	F26948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 May 2010

  
  

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  Jansen, Wilbert