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Personal info

Full name
WOOLWINE, Carl Henry
Date of birth
14 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Montgomery County, Virginia
Hometown
Christiansburg, Montgomery County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33658406
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
7th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 March 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Rimschweiler-Zweibrücken, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 16 65

Immediate family

Members
Noah H. Woolwine (father)
Essie E. (Spradline) Woolwine (mother)
Bufford M. Woolwine (brother)
Allen H. Woolwine (brother)
Roy F. Woolwine (brother)
Bertha J. Woolwine (sister)
Elva Woolwine (sister)
Edgar O. Woolwine (brother)
Lucy E. Woolwine (sister)
Homer R. Woolwine (brother)
Insley Woolwine (brother)
Carl H. Woolwine (brother)

More information

Pfc Carl H. Woolwine was a farmhand.

He enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 22 October 1943 and joined A Company on 29 May 1944 in Anzio, Italy.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments to his abdomen and thorax.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - James Osborne