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Personal info

Full name
WOODWORTH, William Melvin
Date of birth
25 September 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Fruita, Mesa County, Colorado
Hometown
Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado

Military service

Service number
17146456
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
18th Infantry Regiment,
1st Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 September 1944
Place of death
Büsbach-Stolberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 12 8

Immediate family

Members
William B. Woodworth (father)
Gertrude A. (Bowman) Woodworth (mother)
Lucille T. Woodworth (sister)
James E. Woodworth (brother)
Boylston G. Woodworth (brother)
Mina M. Woodworth (sister)
Ruby C. Woodworth (sister)

More information

Pfc William M. Woodworth volunteered for the Army of the United States in Denver, Colorado on 11 December 1942

He served with his unit in North-Africa, on Sicily and landed in Normandy on D-Day.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record,
www.ancestry.com – various family trees, U.S. Headstone and Interment Record, www.history.army.mil/html/bookshelves/resmat/ww2list.html

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Daily Sentinel 25 October 1944