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Personal info

Full name
HOWARD, Wayne K
Date of birth
5 December 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Texarkana, Bowie County, Texas
Hometown
Bakersfield, Kern County, California

Military service

Service number
39723237
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Houssen, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 33 17

Immediate family

Members
Claude Miller (mother)
Ina J. (Foose) Howard (wife)

More information

Pfc Wayne K. Howard attended high school for four years and was unemployed.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 7 January 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire.

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