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Personal info

Full name
STROUD, William Ellis
Date of birth
27 May 1909
Age
35
Place of birth
Crandall, Murray County, Georgia
Hometown
Chatsworth, Murray County, Georgia

Military service

Service number
34980135
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Grosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 17 22

Immediate family

Members
William S. Stroud (father)
Rosa L. (Ellis) Stroud (mother)
Charles H. Stroud (brother)
Hoke S. Stroud (brother)
Sarah M. Stroud (sister)
Cora L. Stroud (sister)
Hazel Stroud (wife)
Wilena Stroud (daughter)
Caroline F. Stroud (daughter)

More information

Pvt William E. Stroud worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta on 21 April 1944.

Pvt Stroud is remembered at the Sumach Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery in Crandall, Murray County, Georgia.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Erwin Derhaag, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com - C. East, http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/ww2.html, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Gilbert and Moss Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Kari, http://www.murraycountymuseum.com/ww2.html