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Personal info

Full name
ARROWOOD, Great Britton
Date of birth
27 January 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Newberry County, South Carolina
Hometown
Newberry County, South Carolina

Military service

Service number
34389253
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Section Leader
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
331st Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
12 January 1945
Place of death
North of Langlire, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 9 18

Immediate family

Members
Samuel M. Arrowood (father)
Dora L. (Rollings) Arrowood (mother)
Samuel M. Arrowood Jr. (brother)
Ethel Arrowood (sister)
Nora M. Arrowood (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Great B. Arrowood was a textile manufacturer.

He enlisted at Fort Jackson, South Carolina on 9 October 1942.

Source of information: Jac Engels, Hannah Majewski, Carla Mans, www.83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ambc.gov, http://aad.archives.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, wwww.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men

Photo source: Wilfried de Backer, Hannah Majewski