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Personal info

Full name
WORRELL, Oliver Woodford
Date of birth
1 April 1914
Age
30
Place of birth
Rawson, Ray County, Missouri
Hometown
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37737402
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 December 1944
Place of death
Near Ettelbruck, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 3 3

Immediate family

Members
Ira I. Worrell (father)
Lela F. (Clark) Worrell (mother)
Ola A. Worrell (sister)
Cleta M. Worrell (sister)
Geneva Worrell (wife)
Bobby Worrell (son)

More information

Pfc Oliver W. Worrell attended high school for two years and worked on a farm before he enlisted at Fort Leavensworth, Kansas on 20 March 1944.

He was killed by small arms fire which hit him in the neck.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - R&S