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Personal info

Full name
ALDRICH, Howard Wendell
Date of birth
1 March 1913
Age
32
Place of birth
Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35926999
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 March 1945
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
E 2 24

Immediate family

Members
Charles J. Aldrich (father)
Leah P. Aldrich (mother)
Ruth L. Aldrich (sister)
Donald C. Aldrich (brother)
Katherine F. Aldrich (sister)
Clay Aldrich (brother)
Isabelle Aldrich (sister)
Olga Aldrich (wife)
Lee Aldrich (son)
Patrick C. Aldrich (son)

More information

Cpl Howard W. Aldrich was employed as a hair dresser at the Halle Brothers Company.

He enlisted in Cleveland, Ohio on 21 January 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Carla Mans, Patricia Calzada Aldrich, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Cleveland Animal Protective League