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Personal info

Full name
WOODS, Dorsie Jr
Date of birth
18 October 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Autauga County, Alabama
Hometown
Autauga County, Alabama
Ethnicity
African American

Military service

Service number
34554382
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
333rd Field Artillery Battalion
Awards
unknown

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
3 April 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Dorsie Woods (father)
Martha Woods (mother)
Mary Woods (sister)
Zora Woods (sister)
Shullie Woods (sister)
Polly Woods (sister)
James Woods (brother)
Eugene Woods (brother)
Mattie Woods (sister)
Robert L. Woods (son)
Henry Woods (son)

More information

T/5 Dorsie Woods Jr. was a farm hand before he enlisted at Fort Benning, Georgia on 10 November 1942.

He was taken prisoner on 17 December 1944 in the vicinity of Schönberg, Belgium and died of malnutrition. The exact location is not known.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, National Archives, ABMC, National Archives, adoptiegraven.nl | forum, WWII Draft Card, 1920, 1940 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com