Wofford Wilbur P.

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Wilbur P. Wofford is honored on the following 3 monument(s) in our database:

17th Airborne Division Glider Memorial

RAF Greenham Crash Memorial

Name:

Wilbur P. Wofford

Rank:

Captain

Serial Number:

O-1701268

Unit:

194th Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division

Date of Death:

1944-12-12

State:

Texas

Cemetery:

Cambridge American Cemetery, UK

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Wilbur P. Wofford, aged 25, was born on March 29, 1919 in Texas. He served in the 194th Glider Infantry, 17th Airborne Division as a Captain during World War II. Wilbur was one of the 33 service members who were killed on site when a Horsa glider crashed on tookoff on December 12, 1944 at Greenham Common Airbase, England. He is now buried in the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He also has a cenotaph located in Plainview Cemetery, Plainview, Hale County, Texas, USA.