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Personal info

Full name
GUIDRY, Howard Joseph
Date of birth
20 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Destrehan, St. Charles Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Duplessis, Ascension Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38651891
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pommérieux, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 55

Immediate family

Members
Oneal Guidry (father)
Anisette Guidry (mother)
Gertrude Guidry (sister)
Thelma Guidry (sister)
Hazel Guidry (sister)
Louis Guidry (brother)

More information

Pvt Howard J. Guidry was first buried in the U.S. Temporary Cemetery Limey, Toul, France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, 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 / Leblanc Family Tree, A footsoldier for Patton - Michael C. Bilder and James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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