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Wolfe

American  
[woolf] / wʊlf /

noun

  1. Charles, 1791–1823, Irish poet.

  2. James, 1727–59, English general.

  3. Thomas (Clayton) 1900–38, U.S. novelist.

  4. Tom Thomas Kennerly Wolfe, Jr., 1931–2018, U.S. novelist and journalist.

  5. a male given name.


Wolfe British  
/ wʊlf /

noun

  1. James. 1727–59, English soldier, who commanded the British capture of Quebec, in which he was killed

  2. Thomas ( Clayton ). 1900–38, US novelist, noted for his autobiographical fiction, esp Look Homeward, Angel (1929)

  3. Tom, full name Thomas Kennerly Wolfe. born 1931, US author and journalist; his books include The Right Stuff (1979) and the novels Bonfire of the Vanities (1987), and A Man in Full (1998)

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Beckstrom, 20 years old, and Wolfe, 24, had been deployed from West Virginia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Andrew Wolfe, the other Guard member who was shot and remains hospitalized, signed up while in high school near Martinsburg, W.Va.

From The Wall Street Journal

The victims have been named as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24.

From BBC

The second National Guard member that was shot is 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe.

From BBC

Friends also say Wolfe showed an early sense of purpose.

From The Wall Street Journal