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Personal info

Full name
HOWARD, Troy H
Date of birth
1915
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Hardin County, Tennessee
Hometown
Poinsett County, Arkansas

Military service

Service number
38601300
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Pounoy–la-Chétive, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 42 34

Immediate family

Members
Marion J. Howard (father)
Almedia (Fowler) Howard (mother)
Glenn Howard (brother)
Ernest Howard (brother)
Mammie Howard (sister)
Ruby Howard (sister)
Hazel Howard (sister)
James Howard (brother)
Louis Howard (brother)

More information

Pvt Troy H. Howard was first buried in Limey Cemetery, Toul France.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1930 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Childen Family Tree, "A footsoldier for Patton" - Michael C. Bilder/James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

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