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Personal info

Full name
HOWARD, Alvin Franklin
Date of birth
29 June 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Decatur, Benton County, Arkansas
Hometown
San Diego, San Diego County, California

Military service

Service number
39269655
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 December 1944
Place of death
Wiltz, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 38

Immediate family

Members
Arthur F. Howard (father)
Edna M. (Bryan) Howard (mother)
Carl B. Howard (brother)
Allean A. Howard (sister)
Estelle M. Howard (sister)
Edwin L. Howard (brother)
Lottie L. Howard (sister)
Frankie L. Howard (sister)
Elizabeth A. (Wake) Howard (wife)
Mary Howard (daughter)

More information

S/Sgt Alvin F. Howard attended high school for four years and was a semi skilled mechanic and repairman before he enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 9 December 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 / Biological Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, www.findagrave.com
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.findagrave.com - Loren Bender