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RHOADS, Howard Eugene "Doc" - Date of
birth
31 July 1920 -
Age
24 - Place of
birth
Ohio -
Hometown
Fayette County, Ohio
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
35215897 -
Rank
Private First Class -
Function
unknown -
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division,
3rd Platoon
-
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
13 December 1944 - Place of
death
Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 26 | 16 |
Immediate family
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Members
Leslie B. Rhoads (father)
Nellie B. (Schoonover) Rhoads (mother)
Hilda M. Rhoads (sister)
Vernal L. Rhoads (brother)
Velma R. Rhoads (sister)
Leslie B. Rhoads Jr. (brother)
Marlene J. Rhoads (sister)
Marvin Rhoads (brother)
Betty M. (Pollard) Rhoads (wife)
William Rhoads (son)
More information
Pfc Howard E. Rhoads worked on a farm before he enlisted in Columbus, Ohio on 29 March 1943.He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal posthumously. The citation stated: "For heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on 8 December 1944 in the vicinity of xxx. German machine and 20 milimeter guns, emplaced in a xxx pillbox, were trained on Company G's positions and were holding up its advance. In order to silence the guns, Pfc Rhoads patiently and with great effort, prepared a high opservation point in a roof of a barn and began harassing the enemy bunker with bazooka fire. The enemy, taken completely by surprise, was forced to button up the billbox and Company G was enabled to continue its forward progress."
He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com – William Rhoads, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Fuller and Pollard Extended Families, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, Washington C.H. Record Herald 18 June 1945
Photo source: www.ancestry.com - William Fuller