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Personal info

Full name
SOUTHARD, Henry Ray
Date of birth
3 December 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Grayson County, Virginia
Hometown
Bryan, Surry County, North Carolina

Military service

Service number
34037520
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
18 April 1945
Place of death
Near Nürnberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 30 32

Immediate family

Members
Mart H. Southard (father)
Fannie C. Southard (mother)
Sarah E. Southard (sister)

More information

Sgt Henry R. Southard enlisted in Camp Croft, South Carolina on 20 August 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 / 1930 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
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