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Personal info

Full name
COLLINSWORTH, Henry Thomas
Date of birth
8 September 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Jonesboro, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
Hometown
Danville, Bienville Parish, Louisiana

Military service

Service number
38336629
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
11th Tank Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Trier, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 3 78

Immediate family

Members
Henry T. Collinsworth (father)
Sarah J. (Peevy) Collinsworth (mother)
Jessie P. Collinsworth (brother)

More information

Pfc Henry T. Collinsworth was graduated from the Friendship High School and was employed at the Southern Advance Bag & Paper Company before he enlisted on 30 November 1942. He was sent overseas on 10 September 1944.

He is remembered at the Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery in Friendship, Bienville Parish, Louisiana.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Randolph Harrell Family Tree, www.findagrave.com – Mary Francine Steed Jarrell Oldham, www.newspapers.com – The Shreveport Journal 9 April 1945, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Mary Francine Steed Jarrell Oldham