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Personal info

Full name
HOWARD, Dewey Douglas
Date of birth
10 June 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Island, McLean County, Kentucky
Hometown
McLean County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35730463
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 January 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 14

Immediate family

Members
Owen Howard (father)
Nannie (Wood) Howard (mother)
Jaunita Howard (sister)

More information

Pfc Dewey D. Howard enlisted in Evansville, Indiana on 11 May 1943.

He attended high school for 2 years.

He was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Foy, Belgium Block A, Row 5, Grave 103.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Kentucky Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet