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Personal info

Full name
WOODRUFF, Leroy
Date of birth
23 March 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Warrensburg, Johnson County, Missouri
Hometown
Fayette, Seneca County, New York

Military service

Service number
12022710
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
28th Infantry Regiment,
8th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 December 1944
Place of death
Obermaubach, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 2 31

Immediate family

Members
William B. Woodruff (father)
Gertrude B. (Goodwin) Woodruff (mother)
Emma R. Woodruff (sister)
Geneva Woodruff (sister)
Dorothy M. Woodruff (wife)

More information

S/Sgt Leroy Woodruff attended high school for one year and worked on a farm.

He joined the Regula Army in Syracuse, New York on 25 November 1940.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, United States WWII Enlistment Records; 1940 Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, Jane Barr