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Personal info

Full name
WOODARD, Paul Ervin
Date of birth
8 May 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Iowa, Decatur Township, Decatur County, Iowa
Hometown
Adams County, Nebraska

Military service

Service number
37668743
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
194th Glider Infantry Regiment,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 January 1945
Place of death
Near Espeler, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 4 23

Immediate family

Members
George H. Woodard (father)
Pearl M. (Kier) Woodard (mother)
Kenneth G. Woodard (brother)
Thelma I. Woodard (sister)
Georgia M. Woodard (sister)
Ivan W. Woodard (brother)
Helen L. Woodard (sister)
Leo A. Woodard (brother)
Mildred Woodard (sister)
Pauline Woodard (sister)

More information

Pvt Paul E. Woodard was a driver before he enlisted in Camp Dodge Herrold, Iowa on 14 April 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census, http://www.ww2-airborne.us, www.findagrave.com, WWII Draft Cards, Iowa, U.S., World War II Bonus Case Files for Beneficiaries
Photo source: Peter Schouteten