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Personal info

Full name
CRUMPLER, Woodard Wesley
Date of birth
30 July 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Duplin County, North Carolina
Hometown
Mount Olive, Wayne County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34456066
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Froideterre-Lure, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 32

Immediate family

Members
Curtis Crumpler (father)
Rosie Crumpler (mother)
Eloise Crumpler (sister)
Melvin Crumpler (brother)
Robert Crumpler (brother)
Ray Crumpler (brother)
Wyatt S. Crumpler (brother)

More information

Pvt Woodard W. Crumpler was a farmer before he enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 9 October 1942.

He was awarded the Silver Star medal posthumously for his actions on 9 September 1944 when the 2nd Battalion moved on against a series of enemy roadblocks near Vorey.

He was killed by wounds in his neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy, www.newspapers.com - Goldsboro News Argus - 16 August 1945