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Personal info

Full name
MAY, Woodrow
Date of birth
25 January 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
McAndrews, Pike County, Kentucky
Hometown
McAndrews, Pike County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35772181
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Les Rouges Eaux-Col du Haut Jacques, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 5 59

Immediate family

Members
Alfred L. May (father)
Mary A. (Chapman) May (mother)
Myrtle May (sister)
Wilson May (brother)
Sylvia May (sister)
Loranry D. May (brother)
Franklin D. May (brother)
Angeline May (half-sister)
Alfred May (half-brother)
Cleveland May (half-brother)
Floyd May (half-brother)
Hanna May (half-sister)
Missouri May (half-sister)
Louvina May (half-sister)
Tilden May (half-brother)
Roosevelt May (half-brother)
Virginia May (half-sister)
Alifair May (half-sister)

More information

Pfc Woodrow May worked on the family farm.

He enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 12 August 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the back.

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