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Personal info

Full name
WOODWARD, William Albert
Date of birth
26 September 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Pickaway County, Ohio
Hometown
Salt Creek Township, Hocking County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35240355
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
F 15 22

Immediate family

Members
Dewey A. Woodward (father)
Daisy E. (Beavers) Woodward (mother)
Bertha M. Woodward (sister)
Mary E. Woodward (sister)
Betty L. Woodward (sister)
June A. Woodward (sister)

More information

Pvt William A. Woodward graduated from Salt Creek Township high School in 1944.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes, Ohio on 26 August 1944.

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

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Baxter-Rogers Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.newspapers.com - Chillicothe Gazette

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - David Beavers