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Personal info

Full name
WOOS, George
Date of birth
21 February 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
The Bronx, Bronx County, New York

Military service

Service number
32006442
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
324th Infantry Regiment,
44th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 November 1944
Place of death
Near Avricourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 29 15

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Woos (father)
Helen Woos (mother)
John Woos (brother)

More information

S/Sgt George Woos attended high school for four years before he enlisted in New York City, New York on 27 November 1940.
He was killed by small arms fire in his neck.

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 / 1925 Census / New York Birth Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy