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Personal info

Full name
WATSON, Howard Randall
Date of birth
6 June 1912
Age
32
Place of birth
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
Hometown
Ventura County, California

Military service

Service number
19082292
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
109th Infantry Regiment,
28th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Mühlberg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
James T. Watson (father)
Florence J. (Randall) Watson (mother)
Catherine N. Watson (sister)
Jeannette Brown (half-sister)
Alice V. (Roush) Watson (wife)

More information

Sgt Howard R. Watson graduated from the University of Nebraska.

He enlisted in Los Angeles, California on 6 April 1942.

Sgt Howard R. Watson was taken prisoner on 18 December 1944 and died in Stalag IV-B.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - WWII Draft Card, Ventura County Star Free Press 1 June 1945, 1920 Census

Photo source: Peter Schouteten