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Personal info

Full name
WOOLET, Ludwell John
Date of birth
15 July 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
Hometown
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35459050
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 November 1944
Place of death
Kriegsheim, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 40 29

Immediate family

Members
John V. Woolet (father)
Eva H. (Robinson) Woolet (mother)
Virginia F. Woolet (sister)
Agatha K. Woolet (sister)
Ruth L. Woolet (sister)
Raymond Woolet (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Ludwell J. Woolet worked on a farm before he enlisted in Cincinnati, Ohio on 20 June 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Woolet Family Tree / 1930/1940 Census, Combat History 79th Infantry Division
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy