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Personal info

Full name
FLOYD, Hazel Woodrow
Date of birth
4 May 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Forks of Buffalo, Amherst County, Virginia
Hometown
Alto, Amherst County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33443832
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
314th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 October 1944
Place of death
Forêt de Parroy, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 20 99

Immediate family

Members
Cornielus E. Floyd (father)
Lillie B. (Lawhorne) Floyd (mother)
Laura B. Floyd (sister)
Cora L. Floyd (sister)
Fleming F. Floyd (brother)
Andrew T. Floyd (brother)
Henry J. Floyd (brother)
Ann M. Floyd (sister)
Mary W. Floyd (sister)
Edward S. Floyd (brother)
Ernest P. Floyd (brother)
William E. Floyd (brother)
Virginia H. Floyd (sister)

More information

Sgt Hazel W. Floyd was a lumberman before he enlisted in Charlottsville, Virginia on 14 November 1942.

He was killed by small arms fire to his stomach and arm.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / Cox Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, Combat History 314th Infantry Regiment, www.findagrave.com - MAJ Jimmy Cotton
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