Jackson County IA Archives Military Records.....Wilcox, Pvt. Lawrence December 22, 1944 WWII ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ken Wright wright@prestontel.com January 9, 2010, 6:16 pm Newspaper Article Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, December 22, 1944 WILCOX KILLED IN ACTION Mr. and Mrs. Sam Wilcox, of Maquoketa, have received word that their son, Pvt. Lawrence Wilcox, 27, was killed in action in the Burma-India theatre of war on November 29, 1944. Pvt. Wilcox entered the service January 31, 1943 and went overseas July 24, 1944. He is the first Maquoketan to be killed in this theatre of war. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/jackson/military/ww2/other/wilcox17nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 1.0 Kb