MILITARY POLICEMEN  Friday ended the film career of Wesley Howard Lundgren, New York singer who resembles Frank Sinatra. He was arrested in Hollywood as an army deserter on a set at M-G-M studios where he was placed under contract three months ago under the name of Wesley Howard.

[Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, 26 Feb 1944, Sat, Page 6]

Movie Singer Is Just a GI AWOL

   LOS ANGELES- Feb. 25· Wesley .Howard .Lundgren, young singer signed by a motion picture studio (M-G-M) three months ago from a New York nightclub; was arrested on a movie Set today by Army officials who charged him with · being absent without leave.
   The ·Provost Marshal's office here declared Lundgren had been absent without leave for· ten months from Camp .McCall, N.C.

[San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, CA, Sat, Feb 26, 1944, Page 7]

Grave marker for Wesley H. Lundgren in Section 25, Block 61, Lot 23, Grave 1, Resurrection Cemetery, Mendota Heights (Dakota county), Minnesota.

Wesley registered for the draft in Los Angeles, CA on 30 June 1942 and was inducted into the Army in that city on 5 October 1942.

Pvt Lundgren was AWOL and returned to duty on 19 April 1943.  As a consequence, he was transferred from Hq 2nd to Company D.

He went AWOL again on 8 May 1943.This time he was transferred to the 541st PIR, also located at Camp Mackall, NC.

His final escapade must have occurred immediately following this last transfer.