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BUSBY, Woodrow Wilson - Date of
birth
20 December 1921 -
Age
23 -
Place of birth
Cordova, Walker County, Alabama -
Hometown
Walker County, Alabama
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34392872 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
377th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Missing in Action - Date of
death
15 November 1945 - Place of
death
France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Edd Busby (father)
Louvia Busby (mother)
Dan Busby (brother)
John D. Busby (brother)
More information
Pvt Woodrow W. Busby worked in manufacture of textiles before he enlisted in Fort McClellan, Alabama on 29 September 1942.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - A Grateful American, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, WWII Draft Card
Photo source: Peter Schouteten