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Personal info

Full name
WOOLARD, Joseph Eugene
Date of birth
22 December 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Beaufort County, North Carolina
Hometown
Long Acre, Beaufort County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34670660
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
346th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star with Oak Leaf Cluster,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Treuen, north of Plauen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 2 20

Immediate family

Members
Claude Woolard (father)
Isabelle S. Woolard (mother)
Lilian Woolard (sister)
Ellis Woolard (brother)
Bessie Woolard (sister)
Jahne Woolard (brother)
Earl Woolard (brother)
Lewis Woolard (brother)
Earl A. Woolard (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Joseph E. Woolard was a metal worker before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 26 March 1943.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, Anna Dixon Family Tree, www.87thinfantrydivision.com

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, srayl