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Personal info

Full name
VANDER WOUDE, Howard E
Date of birth
7 October 1918
Age
27
Place of birth
Missaukee County, Michigan
Hometown
Riverside, Missaukee County, Michigan
Religion
Protestant

Military service

Service number
36169571
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
40th Tank Battalion,
7th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
10 April 1946
Place of death
Germany
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Ega Vander Woude (father)
Frankie (Sikkens) Vander Woude (mother)
Florence Vander Woude (sister)
Marie Vander Woude (sister)
Richard Vander Woude (brother)
Merle F. Vander Woude (brother)
Charles J. Vander Woude (brother)
Betty Vander Woude (sister)
Virginia Rose (Junie) Vander Woude (sister)

More information

Sgt Howard E. Vander Woude enlisted on 3 February 1942 at Fort Custer, Michigan.

He was officially declared dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action.

He is remembered at the cemetery of Vogel Center, Michigan.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, www.7tharmddiv.org, www.ancestry.com - 1930 Census / Army Enlistment Record / WWII Draft Card, Young Calvinist Magazine-March 1946/page 16, Susan Linton

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, William Katerberg (Curator of Heritage Hall, Calvin University, Gr Rapids, MI)