Thomas M. Woodward

Company B 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/29/1944

Thomas Moore Woodward was born in New Canton, Pike County, Illinois on September 5, 1921.

Prior to entering military service he was employed at the Schwartz Basket Factory in
Louisiana, Pike County, Missouri.

He was drafted into the Army on September 8, 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. His home of
residence was listed as Pike County, Missouri and his civilian occupation was listed as
Semiskilled Occupations In Manufacture Of Miscellaneous Finished Lumber Products.
He had completed grammar school and was married. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was one of 25 Enlisted Men assigned to Company B from the 4th Infantry Division
replacement pool on June 17, 1944.

Private Woodward was killed in action in France, on July 29, 1944, during Operation Cobra,
the breakout from Normandy.

Decorations of Thomas M. Woodward

Thomas M. Woodward was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery,
La Cambe Cemetery, Isigny, France and some time later
his remains were returned to the United States where he was
reinterred in Missouri.

Burial:
Dover Cemetery
Pike County
Missouri, USA

Grave monument for Thomas M. Woodward

Photo by Krauss/Gronek from the Find A Grave website

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