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Personal info

Full name
WOODWARD, Roscoe
Date of birth
2 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Harlan County, Kentucky
Hometown
Kitts, Harlan County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
15042268
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bennwirh - Sigolsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Linzie Woodward (father)
Mary L. (Pillion) Woodward (mother)
Cathlene Woodward (sister)
Frances Woodward (sister)

More information

Pvt Roscoe Woodward worked on the family farm before he joined the Regular Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky on 15 July 1940.

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