Lieutenant Junior Grade Edmund John Wegner | UW Gold Star Honor Roll
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Edmund John Wegner

Graduating Class of 1941
Served in World War II

Lieutenant Junior Grade
Edmund John Wegner

Navy

Hometown

Cudahy, WI

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Glenview, IL

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Arlington Cemetery, Greenfield, WI

More About Lieutenant Junior Grade Wegner

Lieutenant Wegner was killed in a crash of two training planes that collided as they were taking off at the Glenview, IL naval air base on December 2, 1943. He was a member of the first unit of the Flying Badgers, having entered service in 1941.