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Personal info

Full name
WARD, Howard James
Date of birth
25 March 1910
Age
35
Place of birth
Everett, Bedford County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33256984
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
444th Quartermaster Truck Company
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
B 7 18

Immediate family

Members
James W. Ward (father)
Alice L. (Dean) Ward (mother)
Reta M. (Aveni) Ward (wife)
Vincent Ward (son)

More information

T/5 Howard J. Ward attended high school for three years and was a plasterer.

He enlisted in Altoona, Pennsylvania on 2 November 1942 and was sent to Camp Blainding, Florida, Bend, Oregon and then to Los Angeles, California. He was sent overseas in March 1944.

He was of African American origin.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1920-1940 Census / www.newspapers.com - The Bedford Gazette, Everett Press 11 March 1945

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet