Wilder, Harry W.
Army Private

Harry W. Wilder from Colorado, Eagle county.

Service era: World War II
Military history: 110 Infantry 28 Division

Date of death: Thursday, November 15, 1945
Death details: On November 26, 2018, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of Private Harry W. Wilder, missing from World War II. Private Wilder entered the U.S. Army from Colorado and served in Company B, 110th Infantry Regiment, 28th Infantry Division. On November 14, 1944, he was reported missing after an action in the Hürtgen Forest near the towns of Vossenack and Germeer, Germany. In April 1947, an American Graves Registration Command investigator recovered a set of remains from the Raffelsbrand sector of the Hürtgen Forest. These remains could not be identified at the time and were eventually buried as unknowns at the Ardennes American Cemetery in Neupré, Belgium. In 2016, research by a DPAA historian and advances in forensic techniques prompted the reexamination of these remains, and Private Wilder was identified.
Cemetery: Accounted For

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency