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Personal info

Full name
WOODWORTH, Howard Edward
Date of birth
14 March 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Garrison, Lewis County, Kentucky
Hometown
Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
35128464
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 December 1944
Place of death
Near Rimbling, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 23 8

Immediate family

Members
Benjamin H. Woodworth (father)
Bertha L. (Parker) Woodworth (mother)
Margaret L. Woodworth (sister)
Edna P. Woodworth (sister)
Hargis P. Woodworth (brother)
Ella C. Woodworth (sister)
Harry W. Woodworth (brother)
Bertha E. Woodworth (sister)

More information

S/Sgt Howard E. Woodworth attended high school for three years and was a waiter at the Wheel Café before he enlisted at Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky on 7 August 1941.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Rudolph Mullin Family Tree / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
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