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Personal info

Full name
SANDIFER, Woodrow Wilson
Date of birth
2 January 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Folsom, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
14046175
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
423rd Infantry Regiment,
106th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
21 December 1944
Place of death
Near St. Vith, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
G 11 43

Immediate family

Members
Lucius Sandifer (father)
Virgil Sandifer (brother)
Floyd Sandifer (brother)
Thelma Sandifer (sister)
Travis Sandifer (brother)
Roxy Sandifer (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Woodrow W. Sandifer worked on a farm before he joined the Regular Army in Montgomery, Alabama on 13 February 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Foy, Belgium.

On the photo he poses with his brother Travis.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / 1930 Census, http://106thinfdivassn.org

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet