Henry Didama Wirsig

1914 - 1944  (~ 30 years)

• Name	Henry Didama Wirsig
  Birth	Jun 1914	Syracuse, Onondaga, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	15 Jan 1920	Syracuse, Onondaga, NY ; age 6, born NY, living with parents in grandfather's house
  Death	17 Dec 1944	Luxembourg, Belgium
  Burial		Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
  Person ID	I2145	Family Tree
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Carl Ferre Wirsig,   b. 22 May 1883, Aurora, Hamilton, NE d. 25 Jun 1952, Syracuse, Onondaga, NY (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Isabella Smith,   b. 25 Jul 1884, Syracuse, Onondaga, NY d. 18 Mar 1970, Skaneateles, Onondaga, NY (Age 85 years)
  Histories		Charlotte Wirsig Obituary
  Family ID	F582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mabel Dorothy Painter,   b. 20 Oct 1914, Elizabeth, Union, NJ d. 25 Apr 2003, Atlanta, Dekalb, GA (Age 88 years)
  Marriage	5 Apr 1940
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F5024	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2016

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Elizabeth Daily Journal", 17 Mar 1945 Capt. H.D. Wirsig Killed in Action Capt. Henry D. Wirsig, 31 years old, of 961 Arnet avenue, Union, formerly of Elizabeth, was killed December 17 while helping to repel the German bulge in Belguum, his wife has been notified. A member of the Ninth Armored Division, Captain Wirsig was acting mayor of the town in Luxembourg at the time of the German breakthrough. He entered service in 1942, leaving a job as chemical engineer with the Standard Oil Development Company. A member of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps while in civilian life, he began active duty with the rank of first lieutenant and in October of that year was elevated to captain at Camp Chaffee, Ark. Captain Wirsig also trained in the California desert, Camp Cooke, Cal., Fort Knox, Ky., and Camp Polk, La. He was born and reared in Syracuse, N.Y., and was graduated from the University of Syracuse. He joined the employ of the Standard Oil Development Company as a student engineer in 1936. Captain Wirsig married the former Miss Mabel painter, of 7 Wilson Terrance, April 5, 1940, at Second Presbyterian Church. He is also survived by two children, Kenneth, 3 1/2 years old, and Jean, 9 months. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church.