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Personal info

Full name
HOWARTH, Alexander Arthur
Date of birth
7 February 1920
Age
25
Place of birth
Newark, Essex County, New Jersey
Hometown
Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32235325
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized),
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
In the Bitburg area, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 2 59

Immediate family

Members
James Howarth (father)
Mary H. (Magyrits) Howarth (mother)
James A. Howarth (brother)
Joseph Howarth (brother)
Mary Howarth (sister)
Anna Howarth (sister)
Helen M. Howarth (sister)

More information

Cpl Alexander A. Howarth enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 10 February 1942.

Source of information: André Koch, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920/1940 Census / WWII Draft Card, https://www.newspapers.com - The Nebraska State Journal of 29 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, John Horvath (nephew)